Free verse is not totally free. Le vers libre n'est pas totalement libre. In the catalogue of Literary Confessional Notes, Professor Mundeign quotes the comment of Selwyn Murdell that although free verse requires no meter, rhyme, or other traditional poetic techniques, the writer can still use them to create some sense of structure. Much pattern and discipline is to be found in free verse: the internal pattern of sounds, the choice of exact words, and the effect of associations give free verse its beauty. Well so much for Poetic Licentiousness!
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