Free verse poetry

Poetry is...

• writing that is musical and artistic in nature

• writing that expresses feelings

• a style of writing with few rules

• all of the above

What is Free Verse Poetry?

• Has no strict structure, no regular meter, no intentional rhyme, no fixed length, and no specific stanza pattern.

• A type of poetry that does not follow any specific structure or rhyme scheme.

The paragraphs of poetry.

• Excerpt
• Stanzas
• Dialogue
• Lines

Which poem is organized into stanzas or verses and follows a regular rhyming scheme?

• Free Verse

• Limerick

• Rhymed Verse

• Haiku

Form is how a poem is written (free style, rhythm, story...)

• True

• False

Out - The Style of the poem is

• blank verse

• free verse

• acrostic

• sonnet

Why does Billie Jo say that the rain that came was no blessing? (46)

• A. It eroded the soil.

• B. It washed away the young wheat plants.

• C. It knocked many apples off of Ma's trees.

• D. All of these.

True or false: A free verse poem only has three stanzas.

• True

• False

Which of the following examples from Brown Girl Dreaming uses onomatopoeia?

• . . . because he likes the sound the die makes / when it pops inside / its plastic bubble. . . .

• Jack and Jill went up a hill, my uncle sings. / I went up a hill yesterday, I say

•   . . . When I read, the words twist / twirl across the page.

•   What hill? / In the park. / What park? / Halsey Park. / Who was with you? / Nobody.

Free verse poetry has no

• structure or rhyme

• humor

• words

• lines