How is Free Verse different from Prose

[Todd]

although... lyrics aren't the same thing as poetry

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On a tangent -- you Americans tend to say "different from", whereas I'd normally say "different to"... just found that interesting, because I'm anal like that

Yeah but when you guys say anal what you mean is...

is...

never mind.

Tangent aside:

To me, form and free verse are both equally hard to do well. What form essentially does for you is give you a structure to hang the poem on. Hopefully, it's a structure that enhances the idea. With free verse you still impose a structure to the words. Though in this case, you're the one determining what the rules are. Your readers will determine your success.

As Leanne said, it all hinges on how you handle the poetic line.