VERSE

Verse

A verse is formally a single metrical line in a poetic composition. However, verse has come to represent any division or grouping of words in a poetic composition, with groupings traditionally having been referred to as stanzas. Moreover, verse has also been a traditional application in drama, which is therefore known as dramatic poetry, verse drama, or dramatic verse.

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verse

Noun

  1. A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
  2. Poetic form in general.
  3. One of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed.
  4. A small section of the Jewish or Christian Bible.

Verb

  1. To compose verses.
  2. To tell in verse, or poetry.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To educate about, to teach about.

Verb (etymology 3)

  1. To oppose, to be an opponent for, as in a game, contest or battle.


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