10-21-2016, 10:00 AM
I love rhyme when the tool is sharpened impeccably and used with a master's skill so that the marks it makes are barely visible but it pulls the poem along the way any well used tool does. There are some great examples on this site by some of out most skilled members.
For myself, I became interested in it when I came here and stared playing with forms. I love the challenge the puzzle of trying to match language with thought within the added challenge of meter, rhyme and whatever other guidelines come with each form. On occasion I can do one justice but it's always fun to try and I find all my work improved as a result.
Surely there are ways to keep it from sounding too sing-song for serious thoughts and there are still interesting rhymes to be discovered. And I'm not sure if the tetrameter diss was include in the quote but I love and respect that too.
For myself, I became interested in it when I came here and stared playing with forms. I love the challenge the puzzle of trying to match language with thought within the added challenge of meter, rhyme and whatever other guidelines come with each form. On occasion I can do one justice but it's always fun to try and I find all my work improved as a result.
Surely there are ways to keep it from sounding too sing-song for serious thoughts and there are still interesting rhymes to be discovered. And I'm not sure if the tetrameter diss was include in the quote but I love and respect that too.
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