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    The document explores the author's struggle to write poetry freely without rhyming constraints. While rhyming comes naturally from their training, they question if it is possible to write without rhyming rules. Through several attempts at freestyle verses, the author realizes they are still constrained by what they have learned, finding it difficult to break from rhyming patterns ingrained in their brain.

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    The document explores the author's struggle to write poetry freely without rhyming constraints. While rhyming comes naturally from their training, they question if it is possible to write without rhyming rules. Through several attempts at freestyle verses, the author realizes they are still constrained by what they have learned, finding it difficult to break from rhyming patterns ingrained in their brain.

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    On my hands, I have time

    On my mind, I have rhyme


    But tell me - must it rhyme all the time?

    Can we do it freestyle?
    No more chained letters
    Just raindrops of sound
    Splattering all around?

    But chains are hard to break


    that schooling is stuck
    In the crevices of my brain
    Is there a way to untrain?

    I reach the fourth


    My resolve is firm
    Two more lines...
    I start to squirm

    Poetic license?
    Just what is that?
    Did Dr. Seuss
    pull it from a hat?

    Can it be done?
    Can I break free?
    Break free, break free,
    Apparently, NOT!

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