01-09-2012, 12:55 AM
I read the sestina thread but I just got bewildered. I think I'd better stick to more simple things for now.
Back on topic though: what I mean is that I don't understand why you would gain anything from basically just capping each line with syllable rhymes. When you read the conchlonns that's all it winds up being: one line that stands alone and reiterates the last syllable in rhyme on the next line. Then repeat
I get rhyme, but this rhyme has not rhythm to it. End rhymes and even internal rhymes seem to add to the 'musical' qualities of a poem, but what do repeated rhyming syllable that are read back-to-back adding?
Back on topic though: what I mean is that I don't understand why you would gain anything from basically just capping each line with syllable rhymes. When you read the conchlonns that's all it winds up being: one line that stands alone and reiterates the last syllable in rhyme on the next line. Then repeat
I get rhyme, but this rhyme has not rhythm to it. End rhymes and even internal rhymes seem to add to the 'musical' qualities of a poem, but what do repeated rhyming syllable that are read back-to-back adding?