Verse Versus Verse

I see free verse as lots of coloured thread, the basis of a fabric not quite knit. The yarn is there but you may need to search among the many strands of different length. In rhyming verse the parts all know their place which makes both rhyme and metre fit the space and ensures it flows at a certain pace. But fine creative flare this may displace. With this in mind I walk the middle path adopting neither one of these extremes. I opt for iambic pentameter and leave out rhyme at least most of the time.