No such thing as 'free verse' - it's a bad translation. It is liberated
verse, and is best described as cadenced verse. A complete poem can be many
verses, can indeed go through many verse styles - and a poem can be shelved
in your nearest library as a novel, witness Finnegan's Wake, one of the
major poems of the last century. But my bias is showing, so I shall shut up.
Andrew
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From: "Halvard Johnson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 11:02 PM
Subject: Re: any formalists in the crowd? -- thanks to Annie Finch!
> On Aug 5, 2005, at 10:43 AM, Dominic Fox wrote:
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> > Is free verse verse?
> >
> > Dominic
>
> No, but free lunch is lunch.
>
> Hal
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