Watch: Free verse poems
What Weeping Face by Walt Whitman
What weeping face is that looking from the window?
Why does it stream those sorrowful tears?
Is it for some burial place, vast and dry?
Is it to wet the soil of graves?
This poem is written in free verse. Try writing your own free verse poem. It doesn't have to rhyme or use a structure like other poems.
What are free verse poems?
Free verse is a poem with no set rhyme or rhythm. Chef is going to cook a free verse poem.
Free verse poems are chef's favourite…
…that’s because, much like Chef, free verse poems don't follow any obvious rules.
Instead they often follow the rhythms of natural speech.
So that's the way that we speak in everyday life with our friends and family.
While conventional poetry often has set rhyme and rhythm…
Just like that, yes - free verse doesn't.
So the main thing you need to remember when writing a free verse poem…
…is that the usual rules don't apply!
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