[DOC] [TLE] Connections: Poetry: Forms: Free Verse [PAR] Tennis without a Net. Robert Frost famously opined that writing free verse is like 
playing tennis without a net. Like many other admirers and practitioners of... [DOC] [TLE] Free verse - Wikipedia [PAR] Free verse is an open form of poetry. It does not use consistent meter patterns, 
rhyme, or any ... In 1922 Robert Bridges voiced his reservations in the essay '
Humdrum and Harum-Scarum.' Robert Frost later remarked that writing free verse 
was like "playing tennis without a net." William Carlos Williams said "being an art 
form,... [DOC] [TLE] Form - The Friends of Robert Frost [PAR] Frost's quote, "I'd sooner write free verse as play tennis with the net down," 
applies as ... For Frost, both form and meter were fundamental in the crafting of 
poetry. .... Continuous Form The lines of the poem are written without formal 
groupings. [DOC] [TLE] Meditation on Form Poems by Don McIver | Local Poets Guild [PAR] Mar 31, 2011 ... So to say that Berrigan was writing formed verse is rather generous. .... I think 
Robert Frost's poetry suffered because he refused to write free verse (it's like 
playing tennis without a net, he claimedI prefer to think of it as ... Free verse isn't 
unstructurednothing isbut it takes its own form, it isn't squeezed by... [DOC] [TLE] E's flat, ah's flat too: What is poetry? [PAR] Sep 6, 2008 ... Also, compared to some other poetry by public figures (like a recent President), 
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legal without my permission, but I wouldn't sue. Also ... As Robert Frost 
supposedly said, "writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.". [DOC] [TLE] StrangePegs: On Poetry (part 1) [PAR] Mar 7, 2013 ... Taking a piece of prose and writing it as if it's poetry does not make it poetry. ... 
Robert Frost said that free verse is like "playing tennis without a net." ... (which is 
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with rhythm and rhyme, but I still enjoy some unstructured stuff as... [DOC] [TLE] poems | Qwiklit [PAR] Apr 18, 2015 ... Begin writing without stopping for ten minutes on a certain topic, .... Lively image 
vs. stale clich  Have fun playing with the reader ... A good example of a 
modifying image is the idea of the road in Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken. 
...... the way a tennis ball would across a net when they read 40-Love. [DOC] [TLE] Writing North Idaho: July 2014 [PAR] Jul 30, 2014 ... It is also called free writing, automatic writing and unstructured writing. ... He 
compared this writing technique to improvisational music of jazz ... MENTAL 
STATE If possible write "without consciousness" in ..... Robert Frost stated: 
Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down. ..... twitter-button.net... [DOC] [TLE] The Mower and the Boneless Acrobat: Notes on the Stances of ... [PAR] Ross might well have mentioned such poets as D.C. Scott, Robert Service, Arthur 
... with the advantages of mental exercise in verse form than with the writing of .... 
as Robert Frost's well-known comparison of playing tennis with the net down .... 
and philosophically in its endorsement of unstructured (free or open) verse,... [DOC] [TLE] Amazon.co.uk:Customer Reviews: The Ode Less Travelled ... [PAR] Even if you already write free verse and won't give it up by the end, even if you .... 
A word of warning - if you like your poetry to be unstructured and without rules, 
this ... It takes a certain kind of genius and cheek to productively compare 
Hopkins, ... own challenges; "playing tennis without a net" was Robert Frost's 
observation. [DOC] [TLE] Michael J Bugeja - The Art & Craft of Poetry (Writing, Poetry PDF) [PAR] "Playing Basketball With the

Question: Robert Frost compared writing this unstructured verse to playing tennis without a net
Answer: Free verse