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Poetics

verse without a regular metrical pattern, whose rhythm is organized by other means such as lineation and syntax.

In poetics, free verse refers to verse without a regular metrical pattern, whose rhythm is organized by other means such as lineation and syntax. This meaning comes from Hartman (1980) in Free verse.[1]

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pattern4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs rhythm4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs syntax3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Hartman, C. O. (1980). Free verse: An essay on prosody. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691064383

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