Free Verse

Free verse poetry has very few concrete rhyme schemes and has a less proper format than other forms of poetry. The meter often changes as well as the rhyme scheme. Free verse poems are still very effective because they are often able to accomplish the same thing as a traditionally formed piece of poetry. The use of strict rhyme schemes is not necessary to accomplish what the author might be set out to do. The poems of this week are in fact, just as poetic as traditionally formed poetry in that they convey a relevant message to the reader. A successfully written poem should bring out emotion and provoke thought. The poets of this week seem to accomplish this. The poem “Boy with his hair cut short” is a good example of this. This poem conjures up past memories and really ties the reader into the story. The poem also provokes thought in the readers mind through the description of an even that most of us have experienced but not necessarily in the same way. The realization of the readers own unique experience also leaves him or her with something to remember/think about long after the poem has been read. This poem also gives the story of someone else’s experience with a different level of consideration than the reader might have ever consciously imagined. A poem is a great means of conveyance for poets to put his or her thoughts into writing and I do not think that a strict metrical scale or a concrete rhyme scheme is particularly necessary to successfully do this.