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The purpose of this study is to discuss the concept of "verse" and "poetic rhythm". With this investigation, we try to understand the idea of "free verse", one of the main characteristics of the XIX's production of Portuguese poetic work. For this, we introduce considerations about the first two concepts, specially about these etymological origins, with the purpose to figure how "free verse" deals with the traditional idea of rhythm in poetry, which is no longer submitted to the versification's theories. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]