02-28-2013, 09:24 AM
"the response would always be to save rhyme and meter for when you’re a grown up poet."
Who wants to be a grown up poet? Rhyme and meter are only as difficult as any other aspect of writing good poetry. Why wait? And what if you want to write rhyming poetry? It's different depending on the person. I worked a lot about a decade and a half ago, writing rhyming poetry, and I think I did all right, then I got really sick of it, and now whenever I do it, I feel like I'm not into it, and it's no good. But that's me.
Who wants to be a grown up poet? Rhyme and meter are only as difficult as any other aspect of writing good poetry. Why wait? And what if you want to write rhyming poetry? It's different depending on the person. I worked a lot about a decade and a half ago, writing rhyming poetry, and I think I did all right, then I got really sick of it, and now whenever I do it, I feel like I'm not into it, and it's no good. But that's me.