Free Verse :
Free Verse Is poetry not written in a regular, rhythmical pattern, or meter.
It does not have feet and lines, but has a varying rhythm and sounds like spoken lines.
“Napa, California” by Ana Castillo :
“Napa, California” by Ana Castillo We pick
the bittersweet grapes
at harvest
one
by
one
with leather worn hands.
Blank Verse :
Blank Verse Is poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter lines.
Because blank verse has the rhythm of ordinary spoken English, it is often used by many poets.
“Birches” by Robert Frost :
“Birches” by Robert Frost When I see birches bend to left and right
Across the lines of straighter darker trees
I like to think some boy’s been swinging them.