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Line of verse   /laɪn əv vərs/   Listen
Line of verse

noun
1.
A single line of words in a poem.  Synonym: line of poetry.






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"Line of verse" Quotes from Famous Books



... an "Earl of Essex." ["Having a natural inclination for the Muses," says his biographer, "he pursued his devotions to them even during the labours of his more mechanical avocations, and composing a line of brick and a line of verse alternately, his wall and poems rose up in growth together." His tragedy of the "Earl of Essex" came out at Covent Garden in 1753, and met with considerable success. He died in great want, ...
— The Letters of Horace Walpole, Volume 2 • Horace Walpole



Words linked to "Line of verse" :   Alexandrine, couplet, acatalectic, line, hypercatalectic, poem, verse form, catalectic, line of poetry



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