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
10/29/2014	Uriel Tovar	10/30/2014	10/29/2014	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
1047	Jaydon Cole	08/04/2004	08/04/2004	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
106	Jessica A Steenbock	02/24/2003	02/24/2003	2	Brilliant	Well-Framed	Vivid	Memorable
10 to the 10th to the 123rd	V. Blake	02/26/2013	02/25/2013	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
10 years from now	Danielle Ernst	01/13/2006	01/13/2006	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
11	Steven Kenworthy	10/22/2007	10/22/2007	3	Brilliant	Outstanding Flow	Vivid	Memorable
11:00pm on a Sunday	Felicia Aguilar	05/16/2005	07/19/2004	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
11/03/2015	Uriel Tovar	11/03/2015	11/03/2015	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
11:03 p.m.	Lizz Scott	09/19/2002	07/21/2002	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
1+1+1=0 (New Math)	Jon-Jacob F Deal	01/01/2004	01/01/2004	1	Brilliant	Outstanding Flow	Vivid	Memorable
11-11-11	Mary Frances Spencer	11/11/2011	11/10/2011	4	Outstanding	Outstanding Flow	Evocative	Memorable
11/15/12	Uriel Tovar	11/16/2012	11/15/2012	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
11/16/12	Uriel Tovar	11/17/2012	11/16/2012	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
1-12	Jo Halliday	12/01/2011	12/01/2011	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
112013	Uriel Tovar	11/21/2013	11/21/2013	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
112213	Uriel Tovar	11/22/2013	11/22/2013	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
11 Poems in 11 Days?	Chris Sorrenti	12/20/2023	12/20/2023	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
11 steps to a better body	Gabriel Ricard	11/06/2013	11/06/2013	3	Outstanding	Well-Framed	Evocative	Well Written
11 Years	Chris Sorrenti	03/07/2023	03/07/2023	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
12	Steven Kenworthy	03/04/2012	03/04/2012	3	Brilliant	Outstanding Flow	Vivid	Memorable
12/09/2015	Uriel Tovar	12/10/2015	12/09/2015	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
12-11-10 (Feels like tiptoeing to Yesterday)	Alison McKenzie	12/11/2010	12/11/2010	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
12/11/2015	Uriel Tovar	12/12/2015	12/11/2015	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
12/15/16	Uriel Tovar	12/16/2016	12/16/2016	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
122	V. Blake	09/28/2012	09/28/2012	1	Brilliant	Outstanding Flow	Vivid	Memorable
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