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Free Verse: A fluid form which conforms to no set rules of traditional versification. The free in free verse refers to the freedom from fixed patterns of meter and rhyme, but writers of free verse employ familiar poetic devices such as assonance, alliteration, imagery, caesura, figures of speech etc., and their rhythmic effects are dependent on the syllabic cadences emerging from the context . The term is often used in its French language form, vers libre. Walt Whitman's By the Bivouac's Fitful Flame is an example of a poem written in free verse. NOTE: Although as ancient as Anglo-Saxon verse, free verse was first employed "officially" by French poets of the symbolistic movement and became the prevailing poetic form at the climax of romanticism. In the 20th century it was the chosen medium of the imagists and was widely adopted by American and English poets. NOTE: The one characteristic that distinguishes free verse from rhythmical prose is that free verse has line breaks which divide the content into uneven rhythmical units. (See also polyphonic prose, polyrhythmic verse)

Title Author Date Posted Date Created Ratings
Votes Creativity Form Imagery Overall
 2020 Chris Sorrenti 01/06/2020 01/06/2020 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 20/20 to blind in four seconds flat Andrew S Adams 01/14/2003 01/13/2003 1 Outstanding Well-Framed Descriptive Well Written
 2030 Chris Sorrenti 03/21/2023 03/21/2023 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 20th Army Reprise Chris Sorrenti 09/21/2017 09/21/2017 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 20 - Wednesday Lacy D Phillips 07/20/2006 07/19/2006 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 21 - Thursday Lacy D Phillips 07/21/2006 07/20/2006 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 22 - Friday Lacy D Phillips 07/23/2006 07/21/2006 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 22 Phobias: A Poem About Trade-offs Ame Ai 12/31/2019 12/31/2019 2 Outstanding Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
 22 Stories Glenn Currier 10/04/2005 10/03/2005 2 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
 23 - 25 Nicki McDougall 10/26/2002 10/25/2002 5 Outstanding Outstanding Flow Evocative Memorable
 24/7 Chris Sorrenti 04/01/2015 03/31/2015 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 24 hour fitness Mary Frances Spencer 01/29/2010 01/28/2010 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 24 hour tumor - Explicit A. Paige White 01/10/2007 01/09/2007 2 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
 24 - Sunday Lacy D Phillips 07/24/2006 07/23/2006 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 2500 Odd Miles from Meme Alison McKenzie 02/02/2013 02/02/2013 1 Outstanding Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
 250 free business cards! Gabriel Ricard 07/14/2010 07/14/2010 2 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
 25 Years Today Alison McKenzie 06/04/2009 06/04/2009 2 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
 26-4 Jo Halliday 04/26/2010 04/26/2010 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 27 Morgan D Hafele 12/17/2008 12/17/2008 2 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
 28-4 Jo Halliday 04/28/2010 04/28/2010 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 28, not 30 Andrew S Adams 05/08/2003 05/07/2003 2 Outstanding Well-Framed Evocative Well Written
 28 yrs. Ryan Narce 05/13/2011 09/03/2008 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 2&4 ReVeL errs A. Paige White 02/17/2007 02/17/2007 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 2 am to Maracas - Explicit Julie Adams 10/24/2009 10/24/2009 This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
 2. connections under a new moon Julie Adams 03/01/2008 03/01/2008 1 Brilliant Outstanding Flow Vivid Memorable
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