What does "free verse" mean?

A poetic form divided into lines of no particular length or meter, without a rhyme scheme.

What is a synonym for "free verse"?

Common synonyms include: ametria, vers libre.

noun

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Noun

1
A poetic form divided into lines of no particular length or meter, without a rhyme scheme. uncountable
"Whitman uses free verse to achieve effects impossible under even the broad restrictions of blank verse."
2
unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern wordnet

"Whitman uses free verse to achieve effects impossible under even the broad restrictions of blank verse."

A calque of French vers libre.