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What is free verse?

What is free verse? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (uncountable) A poetic form divided into lines of no particular length or meter, without a rhyme scheme.
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These are elements that probably have more to do with free verse then they do with the traditional novel.
Others have suggested that Anglo-American writers generally did not distinguish between free verse and prose poems.
Among the pioneers of free verse, D. H. Lawrence stands out as one who, though gifted in metrical verse, is happier without meter.
I knew the class was going to be hard work for students who'd written almost entirely in free verse.
The poems were written in lyrical free verse with little capitalization or punctuation, and expressed concern, anger, and hope.
Robert Frost once classed poetry that way, free verse against formal verse.

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