08-05-2012, 10:49 AM
taking what billy said, i think free verse does derive a bit from meter in the sense that in order to break the rules, you have to know what they are. i'm not usually fond of pieces that adhere to meter and strict exact rhymes (i love offrhymes personally, though people like my girlfriend--who doesn't like poetry much--only likes the blatant ones).
a rhyming poem without meter feels like it has no backbone to me; nothing to stop you from ending a line anytime you want. think of it as a sport; most of them have an out of bounds and that is what meter restricts your poem to. otherwise, the field goes on forever. things like enjambment and wordplay make it even more important
a rhyming poem without meter feels like it has no backbone to me; nothing to stop you from ending a line anytime you want. think of it as a sport; most of them have an out of bounds and that is what meter restricts your poem to. otherwise, the field goes on forever. things like enjambment and wordplay make it even more important
Written only for you to consider.