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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Verse composed of variable, usually unrhymed lines having no fixed metrical pattern.

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  • noun uncountable A poetic form divided into lines of no particular length or meter, without a rhyme scheme.

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  • noun unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Translation of French vers libre : vers, verse + libre, free.]

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A calque of French vers libre.

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