[stylist] Definition of blank verse

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

Jim,

Do you mean in my poem? Especially with nodern blank verse, you don't
necessarily have to follow any specific structure, meaning you don't
have to use so many lines before a break, and so forth and so on. I
created my poem to focus on particular words and images, seperating
lines, and stanzas, where I felt a word or image was more powerful.

It doesn't require you to have four lines per stanza, or whatever the
case may be, like in a sonnet or haiku or other poetic forms with
specific rules on lines and stanzas and meter.

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
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http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
 
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Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:59:08 +0000
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Hi Bridgit,
Did those lines break in the right places? I was trying to count how
many meters per line. Is that the right term?

Thanks.

Jim