free verse
Example Sentences
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“Joe Pera Talks With You” was, though, a free verse Midwestern ode to tenderness and wonder.
From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2022
During the session, participants were prompted to describe vivid paintings and photographs through spoken word; each of my peers shared intimate writing samples that took place in free verse, rap and song.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2022
But free verse is a form of poetry without rules or expectations around meter, rhythm and rhyme, and the Southern California resident Brenda Woods’s “When Winter Robeson Came” is neither intimidating nor too self-serious.
From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2022
Her riddles interleave what reads like a sociological thesis told in free verse.
From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2021
“Looks kind of like free verse, doesn’t it?”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
