How does free verse support the speaker of the
poem's initial statement “Poetry / l, too, dislike it"?
Check the two boxes that apply.
hat are
fect
Free verse makes this poem look less like
what was classically considered "poetry.”
Free verse makes the poem read more like
prose.
Free verse gives the poem its formal
structure
Free verse sets up a predictable pattern
DONE
– “Poetry,
ianne Moore

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".

- free verse.

- " in poetry, one of the best ways to practice technique is to write in. i want all to be unstressed so that “all the clocks” and “in the night” are matching anapests. many forms that sharpen skills are useful in free verse."