Notes on Free Verse

consider two systems of poetry . In the first, the reader anticipates the rhythmic direction of the poem, finds his or her anticipation verified by the reading experience and feels a sense of gratification. In the second, the reader either can’t anticipate or anticipates incorrectly, while being constantly surprised with unexpected patterns and repetitions. The first system, generally speaking, is the system of traditionally metered verse. The second is the system of free verse. The study of “the elements and structures involved in the rhythmic and dynamic aspects of speech” is called prosody. 1 Free verse employs a prosody governed by the unexpected. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.