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Rhythm includes metre, but metre is a relatively small part of rhythm.

— Marjorie Boulton Anatomy of Poetry (1953)

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Good free verse is not at all easy to write, for there is no repetitive beat to lull the reader's critical faculty, much pattern and discipline is to be found in it, though the pattern of sounds and choice of exact words, gives it its beauty.

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