Definition: 1. A piece of poetry. 2. A line of metrical text. 3. Literature in metrical form. 4. Writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme. 5. A group of lines that form a unit in a poem or song.
Use 'verse' in a sentence:
1. We'll sing that song, omitting the last two verses.
2. A collection of her verses has just been published.
3. He translated the verse into English.
4. She recited a verse from the Bible.
5. Each verse was sung as a solo and then everyone joined in on the chorus.
6. Shakespeare wrote mostly in verse.
7. On the exciting kite site, the excited reciter cited my verse.
8. He published only three slim volumes of verse in his short life.
9. The verse rose up to fire his breast with inspiration.
10. He is good at verse.
11. I have been moved to write a few lines of verse.
12. Part of a song which is repeated several times, usually after each verse or a piece of music written to be sung by a choir.
13. The cosmic verse on the reverse of the paper is very welcome in Universe University.
14. She versed herself in Roman archeology.
15. He began to verse extemporaneously in her ear.
16. This verse describes three signs of spring.
17. Most of the play is written in verse, but some of it is in prose.
18. The only way to write poetry is to begin by writing verse.
