verse form
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1. a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines (noun.communication)
| hyponym | : | abecedarius, |
| definition | : | a poem having lines beginning with letters of the alphabet in regular order (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | alcaic, alcaic verse, |
| definition | : | verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by Alcaeus (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | ballad, lay, |
| definition | : | a narrative poem of popular origin (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | ballade, |
| definition | : | a poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | blank verse, |
| definition | : | unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter) (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | elegy, lament, |
| definition | : | a mournful poem; a lament for the dead (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | free verse, vers libre, |
| definition | : | unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | haiku, |
| definition | : | an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | lyric, lyric poem, |
| definition | : | a short poem of songlike quality (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | rondeau, rondel, |
| definition | : | a French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | sonnet, |
| definition | : | a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | tanka, |
| definition | : | a form of Japanese poetry; the 1st and 3rd lines have five syllables and the 2nd, 4th, and 5th have seven syllables (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | terza rima, |
| definition | : | a verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc. (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | rhyme, verse, |
| definition | : | a piece of poetry (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | versicle, |
| definition | : | a short verse said or sung by a priest or minister in public worship and followed by a response from the congregation (noun.communication) |
| part holonym | : | canto, |
| definition | : | a major division of a long poem (noun.communication) |
| part holonym | : | verse, verse line, |
| definition | : | a line of metrical text (noun.communication) |
| part holonym | : | stanza, |
| definition | : | a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem (noun.communication) |
| part holonym | : | rhyme, rime, |
| definition | : | correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds) (noun.communication) |
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