Poetry hasn't been structured in rhyming stricture for ~150 years or so. In English, Walt Whitman was kinda the first 'famous' person to abandon rhyming and met

Poetry hasn't been structured in rhyming stricture for ~150 years or so. In English, Walt Whitman was kinda the first 'famous' person to abandon rhyming and meter [0], and dive into 'free verse'. His Leaves of Grass, revised over his entire life, has numerous examples. Some of his best work is here: https://interestingliterature.com/2017/06/10-of-the-best-walt-whitman-poems-everyone-should-read/ https://interestingliterature.com/2017/06/10-of-the-best-wal... Even centuries after his death, I find his poetry to be some pretty wild stuff. Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul. Fun Fact: Whitman, a staunch anti-authoritarian and overall structure hater, is one of the few English Poets taught in Chinese schools, as he is considered 'a man of the people'. [0] Super crazy debate on who was 'first' here, if that can even be a thing that can be measured.