noun / verb
verse
VURS/vɜːrs/
Writing arranged in rhythmic or poetic lines.
An open book of verse lies beside a fountain pen.
Etymology
Latin versus linked a row with a line of poetry through the image of a plowman turning from one furrow to the next. The sense broadened from a metrical line to poetry generally.
In context
in this context meter measures the rhythm of the verse or to be more specific how many syllables there are in a line of verse
More examples
- She expresses her grief in verse rather than prose.
- The song's second verse tells a different story.
- He writes free verse without a regular rhyme scheme.
Forms
verse · verses · versed · versing
versify verb — To write or express something in verse.