Alankar(Decor) -178

How Little Girl Hassles(Free Verse)-3 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 Back Fromschool Little girl is in full cheer Shoes off, bag off She sings loudly Galloping with her Swinging pony tail And That fetches in From the opposite house Her friend Who Fat and friskily rough Joins his friend's singing High spirited he dances More spirited with a ruler And Still more spirited In fast beats he Beats little girl Showing demonic faces There! Sounds the other way The little girl And her friend Flees away And Amid all this uproar Mammaseriously checking The tiffin box full back Furiously screams Contd