Verse
noun
A set of lines that form the part of a song or poem.
She writes the verses, and her sister helps with the chorus.
Often appears as...
- write a verse
- recite a verse
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Literary
noun
One of the parts into which a chapter of the Bible is divided.
John 3:16 is one of the most famous verses in the Bible.
Often appears as...
- bible verse
- quote a verse
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Religious
noun
A piece of poetry.
He penned a verse in honour of the bride and groom.
Often appears as...
- write a verse
- recite a verse
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Poetic
verb
To give knowledge or information about something.
I need to verse myself in the basics of contract law before the meeting.
Often appears as...
- verse oneself in
- verse someone in
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Informal
Colloquial
noun
A set of lines that form the part of a song or poem.
She writes the verses, and her sister helps with the chorus.
Often appears as...
- write a verse
- recite a verse
Usage tips
Literary
noun
One of the parts into which a chapter of the Bible is divided.
John 3:16 is one of the most famous verses in the Bible.
Often appears as...
- bible verse
- quote a verse
Usage tips
Religious
noun
A piece of poetry.
He penned a verse in honour of the bride and groom.
Often appears as...
- write a verse
- recite a verse
Usage tips
Poetic
verb
To give knowledge or information about something.
I need to verse myself in the basics of contract law before the meeting.
Often appears as...
- verse oneself in
- verse someone in
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
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Pro Tip 1/2Song Structure
The 'verse' in songs often sets up the story or theme before the chorus
The first verse introduces the singer's journey.
Pro Tip 2/2Multiple Verses
'Verses' provide different perspectives or events in songs and poems
Each verse gives us more insight into the character's feelings.
Pro Tip 1/2Song Structure
The 'verse' in songs often sets up the story or theme before the chorus
The first verse introduces the singer's journey.
Pro Tip 2/2Multiple Verses
'Verses' provide different perspectives or events in songs and poems
Each verse gives us more insight into the character's feelings.
Pro Tip 1/2Song Structure
The 'verse' in songs often sets up the story or theme before the chorus
The first verse introduces the singer's journey.
Pro Tip 2/2Multiple Verses
'Verses' provide different perspectives or events in songs and poems
Each verse gives us more insight into the character's feelings.
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The difference between...
always learn from others. Never cease trying to be the best you can be -- that's under your control. If you get too engrossed and involved and concerned in regard to the things over which you have no control, it will adversely affect the things over which you have control. Then I ran across this simple verse that said,
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Everything you need to...
and helped the rhapsode keep their place in the narrative, just as the chorus or bridge of a song helps us to remember the next verses. Because most of the tales were familiar to the audience, it was common to hear the sections of the poem out of order. At some point, the order became set in stone
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Elusive Snow Monkeys PIPE...
fact once you get your eye in there's dozens of the verses oh yeah you see how the actual wave always crashing below and clear water yeah and I'm obvious I know it's such a bizarre sight you know I've filmed primates all over the world but there's nowhere that it's like this you know
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The five major world...
In the next few years, more and more messages came, and he memorized and taught them. The verses he recited were full of wise sayings, beautiful rhymes, and mysterious metaphors. But Muhammad was a merchant, not a poet. Many agreed the verses were indeed the words of God,
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Why Shakespeare loved...
But there might be another reason. The next time you're in a heightened emotional situation, like the ones that make Shakespeare's characters burst into verse, put your hand over the left side of your chest. What do you feel? That's your heart beating in iambs.
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I grew up in the...
My church's antics were such that we were constantly at odds with the world, and that reinforced our otherness on a daily basis. "Make a difference between the unclean and the clean," the verse says, and so we did. From baseball games to military funerals,
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An inside look at...
but most importantly the Islamic University that I attended I met a young Islamic scholar who would challenge my interpretations I spent a year and a half with him we went over chapter and verse of what extremists use cherry-pick
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One woman, eight...
I do like to make the point that we in global society, we are never as different as the appearances may suggest. So, if you will indulge me, I will share quickly with you a bit of verse,
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Inside the mind of a...
More importantly, the verses in the Koran that are connected to jihad or fighting do not cancel out the verses that talk about forgiveness, benevolence or patience.
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Alone on the Ice: The...
he talks about providence over and over again providence always helping him but amazingly a verse from robert's service came into his head which is
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The difference between...
always learn from others. Never cease trying to be the best you can be -- that's under your control. If you get too engrossed and involved and concerned in regard to the things over which you have no control, it will adversely affect the things over which you have control. Then I ran across this simple verse that said,
Video examples
Everything you need to...
and helped the rhapsode keep their place in the narrative, just as the chorus or bridge of a song helps us to remember the next verses. Because most of the tales were familiar to the audience, it was common to hear the sections of the poem out of order. At some point, the order became set in stone
Video examples
Elusive Snow Monkeys PIPE...
fact once you get your eye in there's dozens of the verses oh yeah you see how the actual wave always crashing below and clear water yeah and I'm obvious I know it's such a bizarre sight you know I've filmed primates all over the world but there's nowhere that it's like this you know
Video examples
The five major world...
In the next few years, more and more messages came, and he memorized and taught them. The verses he recited were full of wise sayings, beautiful rhymes, and mysterious metaphors. But Muhammad was a merchant, not a poet. Many agreed the verses were indeed the words of God,
Video examples
Why Shakespeare loved...
But there might be another reason. The next time you're in a heightened emotional situation, like the ones that make Shakespeare's characters burst into verse, put your hand over the left side of your chest. What do you feel? That's your heart beating in iambs.
Video examples
I grew up in the...
My church's antics were such that we were constantly at odds with the world, and that reinforced our otherness on a daily basis. "Make a difference between the unclean and the clean," the verse says, and so we did. From baseball games to military funerals,
Video examples
An inside look at...
but most importantly the Islamic University that I attended I met a young Islamic scholar who would challenge my interpretations I spent a year and a half with him we went over chapter and verse of what extremists use cherry-pick
Video examples
One woman, eight...
I do like to make the point that we in global society, we are never as different as the appearances may suggest. So, if you will indulge me, I will share quickly with you a bit of verse,
Video examples
Inside the mind of a...
More importantly, the verses in the Koran that are connected to jihad or fighting do not cancel out the verses that talk about forgiveness, benevolence or patience.
Video examples
Alone on the Ice: The...
he talks about providence over and over again providence always helping him but amazingly a verse from robert's service came into his head which is
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Roger Rees
Welsh Actor
Some of the finest Shakespeare has been done recently by college theater programs. I'll tell you what these young kids have: They have a natural authority in Shakespeare. They feel a right to do it. And once they honor the humanity of it, the rhythm of the verse comes with it.
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Alejandro Amenabar
Spanish Director
I wouldn't say I'm a very controlling person. For instance, when I talk to the actors, I don't tell them exactly what I want because I want them to surprise me. I even encourage them to change some of the verses of the script if they need to.
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Dylan Thomas
Welsh Poet
As I read more and more - and it was not all verse, by any means - my love for the real life of words increased until I knew that I must live with them and in them, always. I knew, in fact, that I must be a writer of words, and nothing else.
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Anna Quindlen
American Journalist
I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for someone wonderful who would step out of the darkness and change my life. It never crossed my mind that that person could be me.
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Pras Michel
Haitian Musician
The record Clef and I did was just sitting there. So I said, Clef, I got a record, hit a verse on it. He just went in, messed around and ended up doing the hook too.
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Edna St. Vincent Millay
American Author
I've written so many verses and keep on writing so many more that I became afraid that if I didn't write them into one big book, I might forget some of them.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.
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Denis Johnson
German Writer
All the modern verse plays, they're terrible; they're mostly about the poetry. It's more important that the play is first.
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Fatema Mernissi
Moroccan Activist
You find in the Koran hundreds of verses to support women's rights, and perhaps four or five that do not.
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Jane O'Meara Sanders
American Educator
Democracy is not always chapter and verse, written out in advance.
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Roger Rees
Welsh Actor
Some of the finest Shakespeare has been done recently by college theater programs. I'll tell you what these young kids have: They have a natural authority in Shakespeare. They feel a right to do it. And once they honor the humanity of it, the rhythm of the verse comes with it.
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Alejandro Amenabar
Spanish Director
I wouldn't say I'm a very controlling person. For instance, when I talk to the actors, I don't tell them exactly what I want because I want them to surprise me. I even encourage them to change some of the verses of the script if they need to.
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Dylan Thomas
Welsh Poet
As I read more and more - and it was not all verse, by any means - my love for the real life of words increased until I knew that I must live with them and in them, always. I knew, in fact, that I must be a writer of words, and nothing else.
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Anna Quindlen
American Journalist
I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for someone wonderful who would step out of the darkness and change my life. It never crossed my mind that that person could be me.
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Pras Michel
Haitian Musician
The record Clef and I did was just sitting there. So I said, Clef, I got a record, hit a verse on it. He just went in, messed around and ended up doing the hook too.
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Edna St. Vincent Millay
American Author
I've written so many verses and keep on writing so many more that I became afraid that if I didn't write them into one big book, I might forget some of them.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.
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Denis Johnson
German Writer
All the modern verse plays, they're terrible; they're mostly about the poetry. It's more important that the play is first.
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Fatema Mernissi
Moroccan Activist
You find in the Koran hundreds of verses to support women's rights, and perhaps four or five that do not.
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Jane O'Meara Sanders
American Educator
Democracy is not always chapter and verse, written out in advance.
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