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Definition of Verse
Verse

A line consisting of a certain number of metrical feet (see Foot, n., 9) disposed according to metrical rules.

Metrical arrangement and language; that which is composed in metrical form; versification; poetry.

A short division of any composition.

A stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses.

One of the short divisions of the chapters in the Old and New Testaments.

A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part.

A piece of poetry.

To tell in verse, or poetry.

To make verses; to versify.

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Verse Quotations

All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.
Moliere

I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for someone wonderful who would step out of the darkness and change my life. It never crossed my mind that that person could be me.
Anna Quindlen

Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.
Robert Frost

Do it again on the next verse, and people think you meant it.
Chet Atkins

With a lot of songs on this record, one verse doesn't relate to the next verse. I don't think that one day really relates to the next day in life.
Neil Young

Verse Translations

verse in Afrikaans is vers
verse in Dutch is strofe, couplet
verse in German is Vers, Vers, Strophe
verse in Latin is poema poematis, versus
verse in Portuguese is verso
verse in Spanish is verso
verse in Swedish is vers, strof


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