1
: a line of metrical writing
2
a(1)
: metrical language
(2)
: metrical writing distinguished from poetry especially by its lower level of intensity
(3)
b
: poem
c
: a body of metrical writing (as of a period or country)
3
4
: one of the short divisions into which a chapter of the Bible is traditionally divided
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