Free verse
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| + | "With [[T. E. Hulme|Hulme]] as metaphysician and [[Ezra Pound|Pound]] as impresario, the [[Imagism|Imagists]] did a lot of useful pioneering work. They dealt a blow at the post-Victorian magazine poets... They livened things up a lot. They made [[free verse]] popular... And they tried to attain an exacting if narrow standard of style in poetry.'" — ''[[Backgrounds to Modern Literature]]'' (1968) by John Oliver Perry | ||
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| - | [[Arthur Rimbaud]]'s prose poem collection ''[[Illuminations (poems)|Illuminations]]'' are among the first [[free verse]] poems in French; his biographically inspired poem ''[[Une Saison en Enfer|Une saison en enfer]]'' ''(A Season in Hell)'' was championed by the [[Surrealism|Surrealists]] as a revolutionary modern literary act (the same work would play an important role in the [[New York]] [[punk scene]] in the 1970s). The infernal images of the prose poem "Les Chants de Maldoror" by Isidore Ducasse, [[Comte de Lautréamont]] would have a similar impact. | + | '''Free verse''' is an open form of [[poetry]], which in its modern form arose through the French ''[[#Vers libre|vers libre]]'' form. It does not use consistent [[Metre (poetry)|meter]] patterns, [[rhyme]], or any musical pattern. It thus tends to follow the rhythm of [[natural speech]]. |
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| + | * [[Blank verse]] | ||
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"With Hulme as metaphysician and Pound as impresario, the Imagists did a lot of useful pioneering work. They dealt a blow at the post-Victorian magazine poets... They livened things up a lot. They made free verse popular... And they tried to attain an exacting if narrow standard of style in poetry.'" — Backgrounds to Modern Literature (1968) by John Oliver Perry |
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Free verse is an open form of poetry, which in its modern form arose through the French vers libre form. It does not use consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any musical pattern. It thus tends to follow the rhythm of natural speech.
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