free verse

free verse

English

Etymology

A calque of French vers libre.

Noun

free verse (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) A poetic form divided into lines of no particular length or meter, without a rhyme scheme.

   Whitman uses free verse to achieve effects impossible under even the broad restrictions of blank verse.

Translations

poetic form

Chinese: Mandarin: 自由詩 (zh), 自由诗 (zh) (zìyóushī) Finnish: vapaa mitta French: vers libre (fr) m

Ido: liberaverso Japanese: 自由詩 (jiyūshi) Russian: верли́бр (ru) m (verlíbr), бе́лый стих (ru) m (bélyj stix) Tagalog: malayang tula, malayang taludturan