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Recent Examples of versification
Slathering your emotions across the page while crossing your fingers about the versification was what bad readers expected and what bad poets did.
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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
But this is bad advice, as showy and even showoffy rhymes are one of the special glories of English versification.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022
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
But this is bad advice, as showy and even showoffy rhymes are one of the special glories of English versification.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for versification
Noun
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In this novel, a Vietnamese American writer best known for his poetry draws on his own experiences as a fast-food worker.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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Stanley Kubrick deliberately chose the Danube Waltz to emphasize the grace and poetry of movement in space – a floating ballet in outer space.—
David Szondy
May 25,
New Atlas,
25 May 2025
Noun
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What makes the collection particularly unique is Kosann’s approach to reinventing classics—like the lockets, charms, and poesy rings that she’s reinterpreted in the past—but also Evert’s unique experience of being so connected to the tennis bracelet.—
Kristen Bateman,
Vogue,
17 Aug. 2022
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Kosann and Mirojnick designed three core styles for the collection: a poesy ring, a charm and a locket.—
EJ Panaligan,
Variety,
15 Nov. 2022
Noun
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One scene where a young Chuck's teacher (played by Siegel) discusses the poem with him is a poignant one.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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On the evening of June 4, a crowd filled the Boulder Jewish Community Center for a community gathering that included testimonials from people who participated in the June 1 march and witnessed or were injured in the attack, songs and poems, and a prayer for the healing of those injured.—
Grace Gilson,
Sun Sentinel,
5 June 2025
Noun
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It was used as a dehumanizing form of minstrelsy that further objectified Black men.—
Taryn Finley,
Refinery29,
1 May 2025
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And those fans, like him, dismissed the notion that the team’s on-court antics crossed the line from comedy to minstrelsy, as many critics had opined over the years.—
David Aldridge,
The Athletic,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Throughout Trainspotting, Rome’s intricate, nineties-harkening rhymes tear through the pockets of Conductor’s production, which was all crafted with Rome in mind.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
30 May 2025
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There are some clever rhymes and lines in the rapper’s verses but ultimately the show falls short of being a captivating ride from beginning to end.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 May 2025
Noun
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Lehrer is an American songwriter known for penning lyrics that were frequently satirical.—
Myrna Petlicki,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2025
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More laughs ensued when Barton asked if Ulvaeus has ever asked AI programs to write ABBA lyrics.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2025
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Though most of Milosz’s poetry was written in free verse, no effort has been made to force the English versions into the complicated poetic forms the poet sometimes preferred — that would have required a different sense of obligation.—
William Logan,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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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
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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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“Versification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/versification. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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