4.7 "Show, Don't Tell" and Free Verse

Lines

So how does a poet decide where one line ends and another one begins? A poet thinks about key words and phrases that should have their own lines.

• Look out your window and think of a sentence that describes what you see.
• Now, split your sentence into words and phrases that you can separate into lines.

Wahoo! You have done it! You have thought of a free verse poem. Playing with words can be fun!!!