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What makes “Song of Myself” free verse?

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It follows no set meter or rhyme

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The poem doesn't use any strict meter or rhyme scheme.

Explanation:

The poem was written by Walt Whitman.

The poem was written in free verse style because:

  • it wasn't built from specific rhyme metrics.
  • its verses and lines are more like statements.
  • in the whole of the poem no words rhyme and there are no rhyme schemes followed.

Writing in free verse helped the writer in establishing a better connection with the readers. So in all manner, free verse made the poem communicative and entertaining.

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