韻文(verse),或詩體係話西方詩歌裏頭嗰一篇押韻作品(通常係)嗰一隻單行。一隻詩句可能拕分做好幾隻韻文。

形式

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押韻詩

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押韻詩(Rhymed verse)係最常見嗰韻文形式。像:

I felt a cleavage in my mind
As if my brain had split;
I tried to match it, seam by seam,
But could not make them fit.
The thought behind I strove to join
Unto the thought before,
But sequence ravelled out of reach
Like balls upon a floor.

無韻詩

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無韻詩(Blank verse)通常有規律嗰韻律,但韻文嗰督上冇有尾韻。像:

In Mathematics, Woman leads the way:
The narrow-minded pedant still believes
That two and two make four! Why, we can prove,
We women-household drudges as we are-
That two and two make five-or three-or seven;
Or five-and-twenty, if the case demands!

自由詩

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自由詩(Free verse)基本上韻律、尾韻係冇有嗰。像:

Whirl up, sea--
Whirl your pointed pines,
Splash your great pines
On our rocks,
Hurl your green over us,
Cover us with your pools of fir.