Alankar(Decor)-179

How Little Girl Hassles(Free Verse)-4 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 'Look, You've not eaten Your lunch at all Wonder howcapable You are to cheat Your teacher And me as well And If your friend slaps Well, that is the punishment You deserve Now finish your lunch' Angrily Mamma corners Herself into a sofa Long faced And Little girl too Cryingwith snuffling And wailingweak Finally falls asleep The house is moody But Papaand grand-pa Don't seem to be bothered Poor mamma only steps in To wake up little girl With consoling words And With loving hugs Grand-ma whispers 'Don't worry dear A song of praises to you I'll sing to this whole world I promise' And With that little girl Gets back normal Her day ofdreaming With grand-ma in sleep Begins And Of course A day of same design Next day begins Routine in sun's cycle End