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Examples of Lines (Verses):
Iambic Tetrameter(4-meter)
[ My love ] [ for you ] [ will al ] [ ways be, ]
This verse has four iambic feet.
Iambic Trimeter (3-meter)
[ I kiss ] [ you in ] [ my dreams ]
This verse has three iambic feet.
Iambic Pentameter (5-meter)
[ Thus soon ] [ I'll need ] [ the warmth ] [ of your ] [ em brace ]
The variations are almost endless!
Trochaic Trimeter, Trochaic Tetrameter, Anapestic Monometer, Anapestic Tetrameter, and on and on ........
Rhyme
Love poetry does not always have to rhyme. For example, there is a type of poetry called "Free Verse." It's almost like prose, except that the words flow with imagery and become poetic in spite of the absence of rhyme.
Example:
To me, you are a delicate RoseWhose beauty never dies
When pressed between the pages
Of a good book;
Or caught between the pages
Of my mind.
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