09-30-2012, 03:29 PM
i thought the idea was to make be uncontrived, 
i do admit a rape sonnet would sound a little off
also, wouldn't the sing songy stuff come from the meter?
blank verse is sing songy because it's based on iambic pantyteeter
whereas free verse is pretty much as we speak.
i will be honest and say i agree with you that certain subjects suck when done in formal verse. there are exceptions though and some good war and death poetry is out there floating about amongst the rhymed stuff.
i do admit a rape sonnet would sound a little off
also, wouldn't the sing songy stuff come from the meter?
blank verse is sing songy because it's based on iambic pantyteeter
whereas free verse is pretty much as we speak.
i will be honest and say i agree with you that certain subjects suck when done in formal verse. there are exceptions though and some good war and death poetry is out there floating about amongst the rhymed stuff.