as in poetry
verse that does not rhyme and does not have a regular rhythm
The author's free verse has a unique rhythmic intensity.
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Recent Examples of free verse
Rhyming poems, like Reed’s, have fallen out of style this century in favor of free verse.
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Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2024
Like family feuds, squabbles among poets are too tedious to recount, but Wiman remembers being accused of commissioning too much prose, of privileging formalism over free verse, and of publishing vicious reviews and vacuous poetry.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
The book, first published in 1927, is organized according to the calendar, with a passage of free verse that evokes the qualities and pleasures of each month, a small monochrome drawing nearby, and, on the facing page, a full-color illustration of the sort to draw fascinated attention.
—Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 16 Nov. 2023
His sentences come out as free verse, a sort of Rust Belt beat poetry.
—Popular Mechanics, 14 Apr. 2023
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Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2024
Like family feuds, squabbles among poets are too tedious to recount, but Wiman remembers being accused of commissioning too much prose, of privileging formalism over free verse, and of publishing vicious reviews and vacuous poetry.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
The book, first published in 1927, is organized according to the calendar, with a passage of free verse that evokes the qualities and pleasures of each month, a small monochrome drawing nearby, and, on the facing page, a full-color illustration of the sort to draw fascinated attention.
—Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 16 Nov. 2023
His sentences come out as free verse, a sort of Rust Belt beat poetry.
—Popular Mechanics, 14 Apr. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for free verse
Noun
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Here’s a special selection of fantastic novels from Kenyan authors representing fresh perspectives on the human condition across poetry, fiction and nonfiction.—
Wanjeri Gakuru
July 11,
Literary Hub,
11 July 2025
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Coal miners have a long tradition creating poetry and music related to their job, settlement officials said.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
11 July 2025
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The truth is that Korby won Christine over with kindness and a Pablo Neruda poem.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
17 July 2025
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Like a poem, happiness is under no onus to mean something other than itself.—
Matthew Carey Salyer,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
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The title was a nod to LBJ’s high school basketball team’s mascot, and the lyrics appeared to be shots at the NBA’s all-time leading scorer.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
23 July 2025
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Osbourne co-wrote the lyrics with Black Sabbath bassist and lyricist Geezer Butler.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
23 July 2025
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But Kantor wrote it in blank verse — little help for the script.—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
24 Apr. 2025
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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
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The roundups and expulsions in the novel rhyme with the Trump administration’s error-prone but unapologetic deportation strategy.—
James Shapiro,
The Atlantic,
18 July 2025
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These audios are also typically packed with tongue twisters and rhymes.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
29 May 2025
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His son, Ralph Taylor III, who was autistic and communicated mostly by song, died on the floor of the bedroom.—
Ashley Luthern,
jsonline.com,
24 July 2025
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A couple of her songs were finalists in the 2023 John Lennon Songwriting Contest and the 2023 International Songwriting Competition.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
23 July 2025
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