It has 4 lines.. well to create a sufficient piece of short work well, you could possibly do about 4 to 5 line.
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Actually, there is no set number. A short poem could conceivably be a single line and still be a poem, although 2 lines might make it clearer that it isn't an attempt at a sentence. :)
As many lines as your heart desires. Punctuation is also up to the author. Free verse is just that. Free.
free verse
A verse is a stanza like a paragraph in the poem. It doesnt matter how many lines it consist of.
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The words "free" and "verse" do not rhyme.
Free verse is poetry that does not follow a specific rhyme or meter scheme. It allows for more flexibility in structure and form, often using natural speech rhythms to create poetic expression. An example of free verse is Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself," which is known for its lack of consistent rhyme or meter.
An example of an unrhymed verse is found in free verse poetry, which does not follow a strict rhyme or meter pattern. In free verse, the lines do not necessarily rhyme or have a structured rhythm, allowing for more flexibility and creativity in expressing ideas and emotions.
That kind of poetry is called free verse.
"Life is Fine" by Langston Hughes is a poem written in free verse. Free verse is a form of poetry that does not follow a specific rhyme scheme or meter, allowing the poet more freedom in their expression and structure. Hughes' use of free verse in this poem contributes to its conversational tone and the raw emotions conveyed in the lines.
Edwin Muir wrote in blank verse.Blank verse is often confused with free verse. Free verse avoids traditional poetic forms such as rhyme schemes and conventional metres and can follow any pattern the poet wishes which means that the verses and lines can differ in length as the poet chooses. However blank verse like free verse is also unrhymed but each line in blank verse has roughly the same number of stresses and syllables, usually following the iambic pentameter
Free verse has variable rhythm.
Many poets write poems in free verse. Sylvia Plath's "Tulips" is written in free verse, just to name one.