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kayden
kayden

What three elements of free verse are used by Walt Whitman in the poem "Aboard at a Ship's Helm"?

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Posted by kayden on Sunday March 16, 2008 at 5:01 PM and tagged with free verse, leaves of grass, style.

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  1. kwoo1213 Teacher
    College - Freshman

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    Lack of regular line length, lack of rhyme scheme, and rhythm based on "pattern elements" such as "sounds, words, phrases, sentences, and paragraphs, rather than on the traditional units of metrical feet."

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    http://www.enotes.com/britannica-encyclopedia/free-verse

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    Posted by kwoo1213 on Thursday March 20, 2008 at 5:54 PM