Free Verse • Worksheet 1
Poetry
Name
__________________________________________________________________­__
Introduction
Free verse is an irregular form of poetry that is free from normal rules of rhythm and rhyme. The poet
may include some rhyming words, but the poem does not have to rhyme. Some forms of free verse
separate, or split, phrases and words between lines and other forms squeeze them together. Some
seem more like prose, or ordinary language, while others are arranged to look like traditional poetry.
Instructions
1. Write as many words as you can think of that define or describe a hero in the left-hand box.
Then use the words in the box, to complete the free verse poem in the right-hand box.
Heroes Are
­­­­sometimes
______________________________ ,
sometimes
­­­­______________________________ ,
sometimes
­­­­_______________________________.
Sometimes
heroes act through _­ _____­­­­__________
and at other times
through ________________________.
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Free Verse • Worksheet 2
Poetry
Name
__________________________________________________________________­__
Introduction
Free verse is an irregular form of poetry that is free from normal rules of rhythm and rhyme. The poet
may include some rhyming words, but the poem does not have to rhyme. Some forms of free verse
separate, or split, phrases and words between lines and other forms squeeze them together. Some
seem more like prose, or ordinary language, while others are arranged to look like traditional poetry.
Instructions
1. Using Heroes Are as a model, write your own poem. Use the space below to brainstorm topics.
Heroes Are
sometimes
Possible Topics:
courageous collaborators,
sometimes
originators of opportunities,
sometimes
champions of coincidence or circumstance.
Sometimes
heroes act through intelligence
and at other times
through ignorance.
2. Circle the topic you wish to write about in the box above. Use the space below to brainstorm
words related to your topic.
3. Use the words you brainstormed, or words you like better, to write a free verse poem about your topic
on a separate sheet of paper or the back of this worksheet.
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Free Verse • Worksheet 3
Poetry
Name
__________________________________________________________________­__
Introduction
Free verse is an irregular form of poetry that is free from normal rules of rhythm and rhyme. The poet
may include some rhyming words, but the poem does not need to rhyme. Some forms of free verse
separate, or split, phrases and words between lines and other forms squeeze them together. Some
seem more like prose, or ordinary language, while others are arranged to look like traditional poetry.
Instructions
1. Brainstorm a list of topics to write about.
2. Choose a topic for your poem and write it on the chart below. Write examples of alliteration,
assonance, internal rhyme, or onomatopoeia that relate to your topic in the chart. On the back of
this page write a free verse poem on your topic that includes some of the examples from your chart.
Topic _____________________________________
Examples
lliteration: the repetition of the same sound
A
at the beginning of a word
—courageous collaborators
Assonance: the repetition of vowel sounds within a phrase
—quiet and silent, crave or rave
Internal rhyme: rhyme in a line or verse
—boisterous and noisterous
Onomatopoeia: words whose sounds suggest their meaning
—whoosh, boo hoo
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Free Verse • Samples
Poetry
Name
__________________________________________________________________­__
Free Verse Poetry
Heroes Are
sometimes
courageous collaborators,
sometimes
originators of opportunities,
sometimes
champions of coincidence or circumstance.
Sometimes
heroes act through intelligence
and at other times
through ignorance.
A Hero Could Be
a main character in some work of literature,
simply a person,
or perhaps a mythological being of great courage and strength,
someone with a cause,
perhaps even a sandwich…
or,
a hero could be you!
Heroes May Be
Boisterous, bold, brash, and loud—Yee Haw!
Or swift, silent, and sly—Whoosh,
Or even filled with woes—Boo hoo.
They may crave attention—Ta Da!
Or they may ask for no one to mention—Shhhh...
Just how they made a difference.
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