verse
A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
Example
“Restoration literature is well known for its carefully constructed verse.”
Other meanings
Poetic form in general.
“The restrictions of verse have steadily been relaxed over time.”
One of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed.
“Note the shift in tone between the first verse and the second.”
Synonyms
- poetry
Example sentences
Word history
From Old French "vers".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “verse” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.