2007-12-02 01:15:39 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Poetry
Mr Pomack brings up a good point. I often draw a picture with the shape of my poem. Here's one that has gone all square:
2007-12-02 01:51:10 · update #1
This might not work exactly right in this format because I can't go back and edit it.
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The cat makes no valueless sound
The hound, the crows, the mouses
Put no foot down without thoughts
Upstairs, downstairs, glaring stair
Nine-lived feline, stalking hunters
Tree limbs, porch swing, cushion
Fearless jumper, fierce tiger claw
Purring, pouncing, parading puffs
2007-12-02 01:52:35 · update #2
Yes, there is a rule: No. 1....
1. The entire poem makes some form of sense.
Other than that, the structure is open(open means 'at the poet's choice')
2). The subject matter is open
3. Would be great for internal rhyme...open
4. Possibility of end rhyme...open
The whole idea for free verse is that it gives the poet freedom to write without meticulously counting syllables per line, forcing meter into lines, freedom from abab, etc, freedom from alliteration, and on....
Your poem reminded me of the cats T.S.Eliot wrote about...give it a go!
Elysabeth Faslund...Poemhunter.com
2007-12-02 03:14:01 · answer #1 · answered by Elysabeth 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Free verse is not wild verse. This has been so misinterpreted that most current so-called "free verse" is nothing more than prose set in stanzas or lines of words. Of course, our little group knows better, but how do we reach those who misinterpret the word "free?" Maybe if we say that all freedom has some constraints and rules to follow. There is no such thing as absolute freedom in any sense of the word.
2016-05-27 05:42:55 · answer #2 · answered by holly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, except maybe the presence of actual lines? You have to create your own rhythmic rules and the way the sonorities you use make up a particular pattern.
Seascape, by Arthur Rimbaud
Chariots of copper and of silver -
Prows of silver and steel -
Thresh upon the foam, -
Upheave the stumps and brambles.
The currents of the heath,
And the enormous ruts of the ebb,
Flow circularly toward the east,
Toward the pillars of the forest, -
Toward the boles of the jetty,
Against whose edge whirlwinds of light collide.
2007-12-02 01:48:59 · answer #3 · answered by Lady Annabella-VInylist 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think poetry meeds a rhythm. Not rhyme but rhythm. You can play with it, suspend it, change it but I think there has to be something going on in the background to
distinguish it
from mere prose
simply written
in short lines
2007-12-02 01:20:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you can write it in paragraph form, it's poetic prose, not free verse. You need all the poetic devices except rhyme: some sort of meter, rhythm, imagery, etc.
2007-12-02 01:31:41 · answer #5 · answered by Elaine P...is for Poetry 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe there are any rules, but to set the poet free to have fun and enjoyment from the sheer pleasure of writing.
2007-12-02 03:49:05 · answer #6 · answered by Marguerite 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. There must be some recognizable meter and shape.
2007-12-02 01:47:54 · answer #7 · answered by Orgazmo 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
weave a melody
with words.
the same as you would,
weave a melody with notes.
capture , emotion.
tough stuff to do.
dorian.
2007-12-02 06:28:41 · answer #8 · answered by dorian 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no. free form means exactly that - free. of course, you are welcome to draw shapes, but you don't need to keep to any particular rhythm or rhyme.
2007-12-02 02:06:55 · answer #9 · answered by kleptomanic sheep 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
nope, do whatcha want
2007-12-02 01:17:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋