The poem "The Snow Man" is an example of free verse.

THE SNOW MAN

By Marian Douglas

Look! how the clouds are flying south!

The winds pipe loud and shrill!

And high above the white drifts stands

The snow man on the hill.

Blow, wild wind from the icy north!

Here's one who will not fear

To feel thy coldest touch, or shrink

Thy loudest blast to hear.

Proud triumph of the schoolboy's skill!

Far rather would I be

A winter giant, ruling o'er

A frosty realm, like thee,

And stand amid the drifted snow,

Like thee, a thing apart,

Than be a man who walks with men,

But has a frozen heart!