What is free verse poetry?
Almost anything today. Free verse poetry is patterned by speech and images rather than by regular metrical schemes. Brief introductions: English88 and Electric Library. Freedom applies not only to freedom from traditional metre, but freedom to use visual and sound effects as desired for surprise, thickening of meaning, symmetry, repetition, or simply for fun. Lines can also be shortened for speed, or segmented into clots of words or syllables to slow down the reading or comprehension.