Free Verse Poetry

Free verse is "free" because it never rhymes

• True

• False

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Free verse poems have no meter.

• True

• False

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When should you stop the line in a free verse poem?

• Nowhere, there is basically just one line.

• After you hit the 11 word max

• The poet chooses when to stop the line.

• The readers choose when to stop the line.

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Which of the following lines would most likely be included in a free verse poem?

• The clouds are blue

  And you are too.

• Now it's time to give a shout

  Our team caught it; you are out!

• Red-orange color of the sun

  Angry rays are everywhere

• Math is so very fun

  Because I know 1 + 1.

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What do we call ordinary written or spoken word?

• Parallelism

• Prose

• Blank verse

• Free verse

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