melic verse vs verse form

melic verse and verse form both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
melic verse	Yes	No	No	No
verse form	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, verse form is a hypernym of melic verse; that is, verse form is a word with a broader meaning than melic verse:

melic verse: verse that is intended to be sung, especially Greek lyric verse of the seventh to fifth century B.C.
verse form: a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

Other hypernyms of melic verse include poem.

melic verse (noun)	verse form (noun)
verse that is intended to be sung, especially Greek lyric verse of the seventh to fifth century B.C.	a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines