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Chapters 29 and 30 delve into the world of Free Verse and Open Form poetry, highlighting their departure from traditional patterns of meter and rhyme. The examination includes the imagery-rich poem "Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now," reflecting on the fleeting nature of beauty and life. Additionally, the whimsical structure of limericks is explored, showcasing their light and humorous tone through examples like the tale of a young lady named Bright, who travels faster than light. Together, these forms celebrate creativity and playful expression in poetry.
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Free Verse/ Open Form are poems that don’t form patterns of meter, rhyme, and stanza. Loviest of trees, the cherry now Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough, And stands about the woodland ride Wearing white for Eastertide. Now, of my threescore years and ten, Twenty will not come again, And take from seventy springs a score, It only leaves me fifty more. And since to look at things in bloom Fifty springs are little room, About the woodlands I will go To see the cherry hung with snow. Free Verse/ Open Form
Limerick A limerick is a poem that is always light and humorous. Usually form consists of five predominantly anapestic lines rhyming “aabba”, lines 1,2, and 5 contain three feet, while lines 3 and 4 contain two. There was a young lady named Bright There was a young lady named Bright, Who traveled much faster than light, She Started one day In a relative way, And returned on the previous night.
