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line of verse

n. a single line of words in a poem [syn: line of poetry]

Usage examples of "line of verse".

Persian wine bowls often had a line of verse engraved round the inside rim, but this could also refer to the magic cup of Jamshid, by which all time and the world were revealed to him.

Colors of chestnut and gold Tawl's mind skimmed over the next line of verse.

A faulty stress destroys the meaning and flavour of a word, and distorts the quality of a line of verse.

Without a just appreciation of the stresses in a line of verse, you cannot sing it -- for singing is first, last and all the time a form of human eloquence, speech raised to the highest degree.

Prince Bayan was still going on, stamping one foot for emphasis with each line of verse.

However, he had no real polish, being unable to compose a line of verse.

In a few cases, I determined that the footnotes would look better after a line of verse that folowed the paragraph.

The Adept now realizes himself as bounded only by the Green Line of verse 2.