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    A free verse poem lacks a consistent meter, rhyme scheme, or poetic form. It allows the poem to structure itself through the interplay of language, sound, and literary devices rather than conforming to a predetermined structure. Characteristics of free verse include an absence of consistent metrical patterns, end rhymes, or a specific poetic form with set line lengths or stanzas.

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    A free verse poem lacks a consistent meter, rhyme scheme, or poetic form. It allows the poem to structure itself through the interplay of language, sound, and literary devices rather than conforming to a predetermined structure. Characteristics of free verse include an absence of consistent metrical patterns, end rhymes, or a specific poetic form with set line lengths or stanzas.

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    A free verse poem lacks a consistent meter, rhyme scheme, or poetic form. It allows the poem to structure itself through the interplay of language, sound, and literary devices rather than conforming to a predetermined structure. Characteristics of free verse include an absence of consistent metrical patterns, end rhymes, or a specific poetic form with set line lengths or stanzas.

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    A free verse poem lacks a consistent meter, rhyme scheme, or poetic form. It allows the poem to structure itself through the interplay of language, sound, and literary devices rather than conforming to a predetermined structure. Characteristics of free verse include an absence of consistent metrical patterns, end rhymes, or a specific poetic form with set line lengths or stanzas.

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    Free verse poem

    WHAT IS A FREE VERSE POEM? DEFINITION


    A free verse poem is a poem that doesn’t rely on any form, meter, or rhyme
    scheme, yet still conveys powerful feelings and ideas. Rather than letting a certain
    structure define the poem, the poet lets the poem structure itself through the
    interplay of language, sound, and literary devices.
    Before we look at a free verse poem definition, it’s important to understand what
    free verse poems aren’t. Characteristics of free verse poetry include a lack of
    form, meter, and rhyme scheme, which we will expand upon shortly. But first, if
    you don’t know what form, meter, or rhyme are, read below.
    Characteristics of free verse poetry include a lack of form, meter, and rhyme
    scheme.
    When discussing form in poetry, there are a few different concepts to know:
    METER
    Meter refers to the pattern of syllabic stress in the poem. A syllable can be either
    stressed or unstressed, depending on how each syllable is emphasized.
    Take, for example, the word “bombard.” Here, the second syllable is stressed,
    because you put emphasis on the word like this: “bom-bard.”
    This pattern of unstressed-stressed is called an iamb; in an iambic poem, every
    syllable follows this pattern, word after word and line after line. Each line, also,
    will include the same number of iambs. Other patterns include the trochee,
    anapest, and dactyl.
    RHYME SCHEME
    A rhyme scheme is a pattern of rhyming words, typically at the end of each line of
    poetry. A simple rhyme scheme is an “ABAB” rhyme scheme, in which the 1st line
    rhymes with the 3rd, and the 2nd line rhymes with the fourth.
    Here’s an example of that rhyme scheme, from the poem “A Psalm of Life” by Henry
    Wadsworth Longfellow:
    Example poetry with a rhyme scheme:
    Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
    Life is but an empty dream!
    For the soul is dead that slumbers,
    And things are not what they seem.
    Rhyme schemes can be much more complicated than this, and there are also such
    things as slant rhymes and internal rhymes. When it comes to poetry form,
    however, a rhyme scheme involves perfect rhymes occurring at the ends of lines.
    FORM
    Form combines the elements of rhyme and meter, adding additional requirements
    of length and lineation.
    A traditional Italian Sonnet, for example, has the following requirements:
    Length: 14 lines in 2 stanzas, an octet and a sestet.
    Meter: Iambic Pentameter (5 iambs per line).
    Rhyme Scheme: ABBA ABBA CDE CDE. Some variation exists for the rhyme
    scheme of the last six lines, but the first eight lines are always ABBA.
    Example:
    "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
    Let us go then, you and I,
    When the evening is spread out against the sky
    Like a patient etherized upon a table;
    Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets,
    The muttering retreats
    Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels
    And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells:
    Streets that follow like a tedious argument
    Of insidious intent
    To lead you to an overwhelming question ...
    Oh, do not ask, “What is it?”
    Let us go and make our visit.
    "This Is Just To Say"
    I have eaten
    the plums
    that were
    in the icebox

    and which
    you were probably
    saving
    for breakfast

    "[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in]"


    i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
    my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
    i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done
    by only me is your doing,my darling)

    i fear no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want


    no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
    and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant
    and whatever a sun will always sing is you.

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