free verse

Example Sentences

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Singsong rhyme and meter are out; free verse and wistfulness are in.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

I’ve been in a fight with my husband about free verse versus poetic form.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Renshi is a kind of Japanese collaborative poetry that is more open-ended free verse than older forms like “renku.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 8, 2022

He wrote her postmodern poems — written in free verse, which she had never read before — and taught her how to write her own.

From Washington Post • Aug. 5, 2022

“Looks kind of like free verse, doesn’t it?”

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt