free verse
Example Sentences
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Short chapters presented in free verse make this an easy book to read, though it’s the most sober of the three under review, thanks to the more realistic career of its protagonist.
From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2022
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
When raw veggies were served I have often observed That the crudites flew in free verse.
From Washington Post • Aug. 18, 2022
The essay encourages an oddly suspicious, even paranoid reading of most free verse as phony poetry, as prose in costume.
From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2022
“Looks kind of like free verse, doesn’t it?”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
