VDifferent types of meter played key roles in Classical, Early European, Eastern

and Modern poetry. In the case of free verse, the rhythm of lines is often orga
nized into looser units of cadence. Robinson Jeffers, Marianne Moore, and Willia
m Carlos Williams were three notable poets who rejected the idea that meter was
a critical element of poetry, claiming it was an unnatural imposition into poetr
y.
KI love you like the moon loves its midnight run.
I love you in as many ways as a sunset can be loved.
I love you forever like my tears will run.
etaphor Poem:A metaphor poem is a poem that uses a metaphor in at least every st
anza.
Nothing Short Of Perfect
I smile in a sort of whale way, very broad, and fresh i would like to say.
I jump in a sort of snak
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sWhether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
this linguistic unit is completed in the next line,
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.
This technique is called enjambment, and is used to create expectation, adding d
ynamic tension to the verse.
In many instances, the effectiveness of a poem derives from the tension between
the use of linguistic and formal units. With the advent of printing, poets gaine
d greater control over the visual presentation of their work. As a result, the u
se of these formal elements, and of the white space they help create, became an
important part of the poet's toolbox. Modernist poetry tends to take this to an
extreme, with the placement of individual lines or groups of lines on the page f
orming an integral part of the poem's composition. In its most extreme form, thi
s leads to concrete poetry.
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Rhetoric
Rhetorical devices such as simile and metaphor are frequently used in poetry. Ar
istotle wrote in his Poetics that "the greatest thing by far is to be a master o
f metaphor". Since the rise of Modernism, some poets have opted for reduced use
of these devices, attempting