VERSE

Definitions

1. 1. A line consisting of a certain number of metrical feet (see Foot, n., 9) disposed according to metrical rules.
2. 2. Metrical arrangement and language; that which is composed in metrical form; versification; poetry. Such prompt eloquence Flowed from their lips in prose or numerous verse. Milton. Virtue was taught in verse. Prior. Verse embalms virtue. Donne.
3. 3. A short division of any composition. Specifically: --
4. 4. A stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses.
5. 5. A piece of poetry. "This verse be thine." Pope. Blank verse, poetry in which the lines do not end in rhymes. -- Heroic verse. See under Heroic.