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Hanging Fire By Audre Lorde
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Hanging Fire
By Audre Lorde
Genre Elements: Free Verse
Genre Elements: Free Verse
- Uses imagery & figurative language to convey meaning & mood
- May use sound devices such as rhythm & repetition
Free Verse:
- Includes a speaker who "talks" to the reader
Sounds like everyday speech, with no regular patterns of rhythm or rhyme
Expresses a theme, or a message about life
Analyze Free Verse Poetry
Analyze Free Verse Poetry
Free verse is poetry that does not have regular patterns of rhythm or rhyme.
The line in free verse often flow more naturally than lines in rhymed poems; they may have a rhythm more like that of everyday speech.
Analyze Free Verse Poetry
In free verse poetry, poets often create different effects by using a variety of line lengths and unexpected line breaks, playing with sense, grammar and syntax.
Line length is an essential element of the poem's meaning and rhythm.
A line break in the middle of a grammatical unit can create a meaningful pause or provide emphasis.
Punctuation (such as dashes) or a lack of punctuation within or at the ends of sentences can help to convey the speaker's state of mind or emotions.
Analyze Free Verse Poetry
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This chart summarizes some elements of free verse poetry:
Element Free Verse Effect
Meter
Lacks conventional meter
Flows like everyday speech
Line Length
Uses a variety of line lengths
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Suggests pauses or emphasis
Punctuation
May be omitted or used for emphasis
Omission of commas or periods suggests anxiety or fear; use of dashes provides emphasis
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