Question

Read this excerpt from Amy Lowell’s "Lilacs." This poem is written in free verse. Which two traits does a free verse poem have?

Answer 1

The answer is: the lines have no rhyming pattern. Free verse poems don't follow any rules nor the rhyme.

Answer 2

Answer:

B: The lines have no rhyming pattern.

D: The lines are all en

Explanation:

A free verse poem contains the following devices:

• repetition (often with variation)
• patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables
• alliteration
• occasional internal rhyme (rhyme occurring inside a line)
• occasional rhyme at the ends of lines (often imperfect rhymes such as half-rhymes and pararhymes )
• patterns of assonance (syllables in which the vowel sounds are the same)
• imagery