09-30-2012, 11:47 AM
i enjoy good verse. and it's i know it's old onion to say i like all poetry if it's well constructed.
i think one of the reasons people right blank or free verse, is that it looks easier/ i think that's the case for free verse where meter and rhyme don't play a part. but blank verse still utilizes the meter. a lot who think they're writing blank verse are writing free verse. but that said neither are rhyming so it doesn't matter in comparing them rhyme. i think some enjoy an alleged freedom, blank and free verse allows. less constraint etc. there are those who use it, because they struggle to write unforced rhyme; i know i struggle in laying a good rhyme poem down. I also think that those new to poetry think it's more hip to write in a less formal style. calling bad rhyming poetry hall mark (something i've done many times) also plays a part in making rhyme seem cheesy. (i have stopped using that phrase now)
i do think rhymed verse is an excellent tool for training yourself re meter and the subtleties of rhyme and rhythm. i also thing training aside, there are some brilliant poetry written with rhymes.
i think one of the reasons people right blank or free verse, is that it looks easier/ i think that's the case for free verse where meter and rhyme don't play a part. but blank verse still utilizes the meter. a lot who think they're writing blank verse are writing free verse. but that said neither are rhyming so it doesn't matter in comparing them rhyme. i think some enjoy an alleged freedom, blank and free verse allows. less constraint etc. there are those who use it, because they struggle to write unforced rhyme; i know i struggle in laying a good rhyme poem down. I also think that those new to poetry think it's more hip to write in a less formal style. calling bad rhyming poetry hall mark (something i've done many times) also plays a part in making rhyme seem cheesy. (i have stopped using that phrase now)
i do think rhymed verse is an excellent tool for training yourself re meter and the subtleties of rhyme and rhythm. i also thing training aside, there are some brilliant poetry written with rhymes.