Free Verse
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FREE VERSE
--From the French verse libre, literally meaning "free verse," poetry that lacks a regular meter, does not rhyme, and uses irregular (and sometimes very short) line lengths.
Cited from: The Bedford Glossray of Critical and Literary Terms. Murfin, Ross. Bedford: New York, 2003. pg. 177.
Free Verse is that type of poem that you feel inspired within your heart to write. Considering the fact that there are no rules for constructing a free verse poem, it gives you room to create anything you want to convey through a poetic form.
An Example of Free Verse is...
Shameless
Animated with cheesy lines
Someone got mad
Too good to show the hatred
She covers it in sugar
Animated with rage
She bursts forth a smile
She’s proud of what she has to say
No matter how derogatory it is.
--by: Tracy Rossi 3/15/04
Another example of Free verse is from William Carlos Williams
This is just to Say
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
--1934
Mournfulbliss 21:43, 31 January 2007 (EST)
