| − | '''Free verse''' is a form of [[poetry]] that is not written using strict rules for meter or rhyming, but yet still employs [[poetic devices]] so that readers were recognize it as poetic. Free verse frequently makes use of [[alliteration]], [[consonance]], [[assonance]], [[onomatopoeia]], [[simile]], and [[metaphor]]. | + | '''Free verse''' is a form of [[poetry]] that is not written using strict rules for meter or rhyming, but still employs [[poetic devices]] so that readers will recognize it as poetic. Free verse frequently makes use of [[alliteration]], [[consonance]], [[assonance]], [[onomatopoeia]], [[simile]], and [[metaphor]]. |
| | [[Robert Frost]] said, "I'd sooner write free verse as play tennis with the net down." <ref>http://www.thisisvermont.com/storyrobertfrost05.html</ref> | | [[Robert Frost]] said, "I'd sooner write free verse as play tennis with the net down." <ref>http://www.thisisvermont.com/storyrobertfrost05.html</ref> |