How do you make a poem that doesn't rhyme and still make it sound good?

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I need poetry advice, i've been stuck strictly on rhyming my poems and i need a style change every once in a while!.
I see a lot of freeform poems these days, so i wanted to try not-rhyming my new poems, but i don't feel i've put 100% into it since i'm not sure it'll sound good!.

So, i need advice: How do you write freeform (non-rhyming) poems that still sound as good!?

(oh, and FYI, i'm a 14 year old poet, easy with the "advanced" literature language)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

There are two major forms of unrhymed verse: free verse and open verse!. Neither rhyme, but each are different!. Free verse has, like it says, freedom from any rules or form expectations!.!.!.it might go like this:

The valley lillies are in bloom
but not the clover
where my dog used to like to roll around all day
but not since the day my dad
took him away and tried to lie about it

Whereas "open verse" has a consistant beat, but no rhyme, like this:

The phone rings
The glass slips
Time slows
The glass breaks

another open verse might be:

Oh I could write a thousand words
and still not say a thing
or bleed a few well written lines
and forever change the world

Do you hear how the poem, short though it is, flows when you read it out loud!? It doesn't rhyme, but it is clearly "poetic"!.

Hope this puts you in the right direction!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

All my poems used to rhyme - in fact they were merely doggeral!.
I think it was by reading unrhymed poetry that I began to see what was going on!. Look up Pablo Neruda on the web - his work is in translation, but he's had excellent transcribers!.
I also read my lines out loud to see if there was a rhythm there, and that the rhythm was maintained onto subsequent lines!.
Eg!. - try using iambic pentameters - which isn't as scary as it sounds -
it just means create this rhythm
da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM (to be iambic pentameters - it must be this number of beats)
I fell to earth from out the sky to-day
My wings I hid in case the cops came round
It would not do for them to come and find
That I was an alien from Saturn's rings

of course, you don't have to maintain this - its just a framework around which you fit your shorter lines - or even rearrange them as they are to different effect!.

I fell to earth
From out the sky
To-day!.
My wings I hid
in case the cops came round!.
It would not do
for them to come and find
That I was
an alien
from Saturn's rings!.

Hope this helpsWww@QuestionHome@Com

I Personaly am not into ryming poetry i write along the lines of this

i slit open bodys and stole rib cages just to show you your lack of breathing!.
gripping thighter and bitting down!.
as you slip deeper and i laugh harder!.
misery is so over rated!.
a slit wrist for every forgoten i love you!.
and any voice you ever heard in your head!.
your just one more ******* missed!.placed!.apology with out a scare to spare!.
dont look at me with your harsh glance or touch me with your over bittin finger nails!.
its just us and my shadow!.
so swallow every last pill and slip into the everlasting coma we all knew we would find you in!.
SINK!.fall!.HATE!.
bury me love ; )

im sorry my advice sucks :/Www@QuestionHome@Com