Within the poetic environment, free verse is called that expression that is distinguished by not depending on a rhyme or a certain meter. These kinds of verses are also called "loose verses" and refer to all types of verse that do not have an impeccable rhyme or consonant (that is, both vowel and consonant sounds share the rhyme); and neither do they present inexact or assonance rhyme (that is, verses that only rhyme the last vowel sounds).
It is for this reason that the verses that are not associated with any other verse of the writing through rhyme. However free verse, remain that, verses, an elementary part in what is a composition and should not be confused with the lack of rhyme a poem in prose, as though not rhyme with each other; it is still a poetry, with its musical and rhythmic qualities.
These are some of the singularities of the free verses:
- It does not have metric nor rhythmic rules.
- Free verse is much more complex than regular verses.
- This type of verse requires the poet to elaborate a particular code of poetic expression.
- The parenthesis between one verse and another gives it a very particular meaningful identity.
- The way the poem is structured and the extent of the stanza inspires the state of mind of the author.
This kind of verse was widely used during the avant-garde period, by various surrealist poets. This is because these verses, made it possible for poets to express themselves more freely, using rhetorical figures, such as metaphor, which was widely used in Spanish poetic compositions.
