To rhyme or not to rhyme...?
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I find blank verse is a sweet spot between a more “restrictive” closed form and a sometimes messy and uncontrolled free verse.
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Poetry is cool. It mustn’t rhyme. But in music, it must rhymeRtyhgn85 wrote: ↑09 Apr 2011, 01:15 That is the question. That is to say, do you prefer poetry to rhyme, or would you rather it didn't, or aren't you really that bothered either way?
Personally I much prefer poetry that is rhymed - I find that being subjected to formal constraints focuses the mind of the poet and brings forth better versification. There are of course exceptions; Walt Whitman's poetry doesn't rhyme yet I consider him a genius. Still, an exceptional genius: most unrhymed, unmetered poetry looks to me like chopped up prose.
Any thoughts?
Tracee Ellis Ross