Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 8 AIL 0721 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Free Verse, as the Anchor Defines It
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The idea
The glossary defines free verse as poetry without a set rhyme scheme or rhythm pattern. Both are absent, which distinguishes it from blank verse, where only rhyme is. The definition is stated by negation, and that is the source of the commonest misunderstanding about it.
In practice
Neither rhyme nor set rhythm.
Where people slip
Defined by what it lacks.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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