as in blank verse
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The piece has the pattern of blank verse.
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There was no such thing as free verse until the late 19th century.
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The poem’s narrative frequently shifts between different speakers and languages, and Eliot employed a range of styles and techniques, including free verse and stream of consciousness.
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Slathering your emotions across the page while crossing your fingers about the versification was what bad readers expected and what bad poets did.
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But this is bad advice, as showy and even showoffy rhymes are one of the special glories of English versification.
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The title character disdains the common folk, and the play’s complicated political discussion and harsh, jagged poetry aren’t what most picnicking playgoers are after.
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Not enough people look back to the ancient world, which is more associated with epic poetry about gods and war than prose compositions.
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