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Question: Why is it that i can write in rhyme - but cannot free verse!?
i have tried to free verse but it sounds really bad!. Yet i can write rhyming poetry with ease!.!.!.!.!.

Why does this happen!?

i thought that free verse would be easier as there are no 'rules'!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
rhyme is taught to children at their early days of life!.!. so you might struggle with this becasue its new to you!. and free verse does have rules, but ones none notices when you are reciting it!.

these rules are very important, in every line there some be 10 syllables, each line has one word less than the other example:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
and so on!.!.

usaully only 3 paragarphs are used!.

i am glad you will enjoy my help!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Probably because when you write in rhyme there is a suggestion of what the next line must be--to develop the poem and complete the rhyme, and though free verse has a structure to it (if it's good)--it's created without any signal from the poem as to what should come next!.

It probably is taking time for you to trust your instincts with it!. If you work at it the instincts will develop!. But like the other answerer said, it will take practice!. It takes practice to produce good rhyming poetry, so really nothing changes!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I had the same issue, when you make your first free verse poem that you think is good, the feeling is awesome!.

I think it could stem from the way your brain currently thinks about poems (and things)!. You may be thinking literally!.

To do free verse, you really have to live in the metaphor, create a space in your mind where the metaphor is real for you, so it is not just 'like' a simile, but 'is' the metaphor!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I'm sorry, but I don't see the point of most of the free verse I have read, from the standpoint of reading it!. If someone wants to write free verse as a way to express their feelings, and they find it enjoyable or helpful, find!. But that doesn't mean it's enjoyable to other people!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I prefer rhyming poetry myself!. It makes it easier to follow!. And I think it's harder than free verse because you have to find words that not only sound alike but also make sense!. Favorite poet = Langston Hughes!. Now He knew how to rhyme!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

It's habit!. You write rhyming poems
with ease, because you're use to
doing it!.

Anything new takes time to adjust
to, do well!.

Relax!. Don't force free verse!.
Let it glide from your inner self!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

practice!.!.!.!.and you must PRACTICE no one is born with this talent!. They first wrote like you have been then they try free styling!.!.!.you have to do it and you can virtually do it anywhere!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com