free-verse
free-verse — 名詞
1. a style of poetry that does not follow a fixed pattern of rhythm, rhyme, or line
自由詩
不受格律限制的詩歌
a style of poetry that does not follow a fixed pattern of rhythm, rhyme, or line length, giving the writer freedom to shape each poem naturally
Gabriela published her first free-verse collection after years of writing traditional sonnets.
Gabriela 在寫了多年的傳統十四行詩之後，出版了第一本自由詩集。
The teacher asked the students to compare a free-verse poem with a Shakespearean sonnet.
老師要求學生比較一首自由詩和一首莎士比亞十四行詩的差別。
comparison: compare A with B
Aaron wrote a free-verse poem about bamboo forests near his home village in Taiwan.
Aaron 寫了一首自由詩，描述臺灣老家附近的竹林。
Dewi's free-verse poem about the night market won first prize in the school competition.
Dewi 描寫夜市的自由詩在學校比賽中贏得第一名。
Many young readers find free verse easier to enjoy than older poetry with strict rhyme.
許多年輕讀者覺得自由詩比格律嚴謹的傳統詩歌更容易欣賞。
- vers libre
the original French term, used mainly in academic or historical discussions of the form's origins
- open form
an alternative term favoured in literary criticism, emphasising the absence of fixed structural rules
- formal verse
poetry that follows strict metrical and rhyming patterns, such as sonnets or villanelles
- metrical poetry
poetry written in a regular metre, the opposite of free verse
用法筆記
Commonly used contrastively — a writer or work can be described as 'moving from traditional forms to free verse.' The hyphenated form 'free-verse' is typical before a noun (free-verse poem), while 'free verse' (no hyphen) is standard as a standalone noun phrase.