1. Noun
A line consisting of a certain number of metrical feet (see Foot, n., 9) disposed according to metrical rules.
2. Noun
Metrical arrangement and language; that which is composed in metrical form; versification; poetry.
3. Noun
A short division of any composition.
4. Noun
A stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses.
5. Noun
One of the short divisions of the chapters in the Old and New Testaments.
6. Noun
A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part.
7. Noun
A piece of poetry.
8. Verb
To tell in verse, or poetry.
9. Verb
To make verses; to versify.
10. Noun
a piece of poetry
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
11. Noun
literature in metrical form
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
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