Which term describes poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme?

• A. Rhythm
• B. Free Verse
• C. Prose
• D. Meter

Answer: (B)

Free Verse is poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme. Even without a fixed meter, it still has rhythm, but the rhythm comes from line breaks, pauses, and the natural flow of words rather than a strict beat. This flexibility lets poets shape meaning and emotion more freely, using where lines end and how sentences flow to create emphasis rather than a predictable pattern.

Rhythm is about the sound pattern in language, which can appear in Free Verse, but it isn’t defined by missing meter. Meter is the fixed pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that Free Verse skips. Prose is ordinary writing without line breaks or poetry’s special line structure, not a form of poetry with lines.