While reading the chapter on free verse I felt like I was back in middle school learning about poetry. The things discussed on free verse were roughly the same as what I have already been taught. Free verse is poetry that does not have to follow any specific poetic devices. Rhyming, for example, can be found in these types of poems but does not necessarily have to follow a certain structure. Mary Oliver talked about how free verse developed as a product of its time. People were moving west and poets wanted to attract more regular people. This new type of poetry sounded more like talking, and less like teaching. The average person had an easier time understanding what poets were trying to say. The poem, The Red Wheelbarrow, is a good example of free verse. It sounds like talking and does not follow any rhyme schemes. The purpose of the poem is create an image and let the reader decipher its meaning. That's what I got from reading this chapter.
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