Because Walt Whitman's free verse poetry did not follow the
conventional rules of poetry, it
was
A. easier to write than traditional poetry.
B. harder to write than traditional poetry.
C. merely putting prose into poetic form.

Recently I did a blog post on the changes in writing throughout history. That is, how books changed from classical novel to modern day books. You can see the blog here.

As I was writing that, however, I could not help thinking that I could easily devote an entire essay to simply one type of writing: poetry. Honestly, I have never been a huge fan of poetry, though in collage I took several classes which forced me to write it. Not only have I endured reading a lot of poetry, I even attempted to complete Poetry Month by writing one poem every day (I made it though only sixteen days). So while I am not an expert on poetry as I am on novels, it is certainly a genre I am interested in.

As we approach National Poetry Month's home stretch, we take a look at the most dreaded of all poetic forms: the villanelle. This is the poet's triple axel.

If you’re a poet who wants to experiment with fiction writing, or if you need a break from thinking about line breaks, the prose poem is a great place to start. Written in paragraph form, the prose poem uses the poetic qualities of vivid imagery, sound, and repetition to tell a short story.

Explanation: