Verse may refer to:
Poetry
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Verse
Verse may refer to:
Poetry
* Verse, an occasional synonym for poetry
* Verse, a metrical structure, a stanza
* Blank verse, a type of poetry having regular meter but no rhyme
* Free verse, a type of poetry written without the use of strict me ...
, an occasional synonym for
poetry
Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings i ...
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Verse
Verse may refer to:
Poetry
* Verse, an occasional synonym for poetry
* Verse, a metrical structure, a stanza
* Blank verse, a type of poetry having regular meter but no rhyme
* Free verse, a type of poetry written without the use of strict me ...
, a metrical structure, a
stanza
In poetry, a stanza (; from Italian language, Italian ''stanza'' , "room") is a group of lines within a poem, usually set off from others by a blank line or Indentation (typesetting), indentation. Stanzas can have regular rhyme scheme, rhyme and ...
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Blank verse
Blank verse is poetry written with regular metrical but unrhymed lines, almost always in iambic pentameter. It has been described as "probably the most common and influential form that English poetry has taken since the 16th century", and P ...
, a type of poetry having regular
meter
The metre (British spelling) or meter (American spelling; see spelling differences) (from the French unit , from the Greek noun , "measure"), symbol m, is the primary unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), though its prefi ...
but no
rhyme
A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds (usually, the exact same phonemes) in the final stressed syllables and any following syllables of two or more words. Most often, this kind of perfect rhyming is consciously used for a musical or aesthetic ...
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Free verse
Free verse is an open form of poetry, which in its modern form arose through the French ''vers libre'' form. It does not use consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any musical pattern. It thus tends to follow the rhythm of natural speech.
Definit ...
, a type of poetry written without the use of strict meter or rhyme, but still recognized as poetry
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Versed
''Versed'' is a book of poetry written by Rae Armantrout and published by Wesleyan University Press in 2009 (see 2009 in poetry). It won the 2009 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry and the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry after be ...
'', 2009 collection of poetry by
Rae Armantrout
* ''Verse'', an international poetry journal with
Henry Hart (author) Henry Hart (born 1954) is the Hickman Professor of Humanities at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. In addition to three books of poetry (''The Ghost Ship'' (1990), ''The Rooster Mask'' (1998), and ''Background Radiation'' ...
as founding editor
Religion
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Chapters and verses of the Bible
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Ayah, one of the 6,236 verses found in the Qur'an
Music
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Verse (band)
Verse was an American hardcore punk band from Providence, Rhode Island. They released three full-length albums and an EP on Rivalry and Bridge 9 Records and conducted a number of full U.S. tours.
The band broke up in 2009, but reformed in Decemb ...
, a hardcore punk band
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Verse (rapper)
Natalia Noemi "Teddy" Sinclair (née Cappuccini; born 15 August 1986), is an English singer, songwriter and actress. She has recorded music under various aliases, most famously as Natalia Kills and Verbalicious. She is currently the lead vocali ...
(b. 1986), British hip hop artist
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Verse (popular music)
Verse may refer to:
Poetry
* Verse, an occasional synonym for poetry
* Verse, a metrical structure, a stanza
* Blank verse, a type of poetry having regular meter but no rhyme
* Free verse, a type of poetry written without the use of strict me ...
, roughly corresponds to a poetic stanza
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Verse-chorus form, a musical form common in popular music where the chorus is highlighted
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''Verses'' (album), a 1987 album by jazz trumpeter Wallace Roney
* ''Verses (Apallut)'', a 2001 album by the Alaskan group
Pamyua
Pamyua ( ) (literally: "its tail" in Yup'ik from ''pamyuq'' "tail of animal or kayak; chorus of song; upper stern-piece of kayak") is a Yup'ik musical group from Anchorage in Alaska.
Overview
Brothers Stephen and Phillip Blanchett, of Inuit and ...
* ''Verse'', a 2002 album by
Patricia Barber
Patricia Barber (born November 8, 1955) is an American songwriter, composer, singer, and pianist.
Biography
Barber's father Floyd was a jazz saxophonist who played with Bud Freeman and Glenn Miller. She played saxophone and piano from a young ...
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Ben Mount
Benjamin Mount, also known as Verse, Ben the Verse, The Verse and Pendulum Man, is an English rapper, MC, record producer and record label owner best known as the former MC in Australian/British drum and bass group Pendulum.
Biography
Pen ...
(born 1977), also known as The Verse or MC Verse, British rapper, producer and record label owner
* "Verses", a commonly used unofficial title for a studio outtake by Cardiacs included on ''
Toy World
''Toy World'' is the second demo album by the English rock band Cardiacs (including ''The Obvious Identity'', released on cassette the previous year under the band name "Cardiac Arrest"). The cassette is a mixture of older songs by the earlier ...
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Other uses
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Jared Verse
Jared Verse (born November 4, 2000) is an American football defensive end for the Florida State Seminoles. He previously played for the Albany Great Danes, where he was named the 2020 Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Defensive Rookie of the Ye ...
, American football player
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''Verse'' (film), a 2009 Bolivian film
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Verse protocol
Verse may refer to:
Poetry
* Verse, an occasional synonym for poetry
* Verse, a metrical structure, a stanza
* Blank verse, a type of poetry having regular meter but no rhyme
* Free verse, a type of poetry written without the use of strict me ...
, a networking protocol allowing real-time communication between computer graphics software
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Verse (river), a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
See also
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Versus (disambiguation)
Versus (Latin, 'against') may refer to:
Film and television
* ''Versus'' (2000 film), a Japanese zombie film
* ''Versus'' (2016 film), a Russian sports drama film
* ''Versus'' (2019 film), a French thriller film
* Versus (TV channel), form ...
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