Alankar(Decor)-176

How Little Girl Hassles(Free Verse)-1 In free verse, the old 'rules' are broken, the line itself becomes the only rule.The verse is strophic, not contained in uniform stanzas. It must breath, think and sound like the poet. The rhythm keeps time with the poet's own heart beat. To ignore its form is irresponsible. It may be more difficult to create a line of free verse than metered verse, the length, word choice and placement become an extension of the poet even more without the 'rule' of predetermined patterns. With free verse it is up to the poet to create his/her own rules. How Little Girl Hassles Early in the morning That she can not get up She irks her mother Waking up very late And there upon Her mother starts shouting But Little girl is not worried She keeps up her slow pace Loitering here to there, there to here Between the rooms And Her mother keeps shouting To brush,to bathe, to eat To get to school on time All in a hurry-burry medley Just A cup of milk with three biscuits She needs a story reader Easily she drags the time Sip-pause-sip-pause Pausing more for a long while And No wonder the mother Sandwiched between Tiffin making and readying HerLittle girl is high pitched Screaminghysterical... Contd