vers libre

noun

Definition of vers librenext
as in blank verse

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  1. blank verse
  2. free verse
  3. versification
  4. poetry
Noun
  • Onto the page spilled more than ten thousand lines of the richest and most resourceful blank verse in the English language, arranged into ten books in 1667, then rearranged into twelve in 1674.
    Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The first assignment was to write a poem in blank verse.
    Elizabeth Lund, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Sep. 2024
Definition of blank verse
Noun
  • The award-winning work, told through a mix of free verse and haiku, offers a poignant and nuanced look at a young person growing up Black in the nineteen-sixties and seventies, finding herself through the art of writing.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Here are some of Robert Frost’s insights into how poetry works its magic: Writing free verse is like playing tennis without a net.
    Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2024
Definition of free verse
Noun
  • Slathering your emotions across the page while crossing your fingers about the versification was what bad readers expected and what bad poets did.
    Christopher Tayler, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022
  • Auden’s career presents a sight unique in the annals of English literature: a vision of someone claiming as personal playground the entirety of English versification.
    Brad Leithauser, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022
Definition of versification
Noun
  • Barnes’ work won them the best poet in the nation award in 2011 and several other honors over the course of their poetry career.
    Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Dec. 2024
  • In Iran and many Central Asian countries, people gather to eat (especially red fruits like pomegranates and watermelons), drink and read poetry through the night.
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of poetry
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