07-08-2017, 04:59 AM
Good call. It kills me when I people say that the way to fix something is to avoid it altogether -- abstinence is not the answer!
Rhyme is nothing more than another tool in the box for a poet. If you use it poorly, it will not reward you, just as if you used your hammer to soften up the wall so the nail goes in further. And meter partners perfectly with rhyme when you use the two together well -- Frost is a good example, but there are literally thousands of others. My personal guru for using meter and rhyme so well you don't even notice them is Philip Larkin.
Rhyme is nothing more than another tool in the box for a poet. If you use it poorly, it will not reward you, just as if you used your hammer to soften up the wall so the nail goes in further. And meter partners perfectly with rhyme when you use the two together well -- Frost is a good example, but there are literally thousands of others. My personal guru for using meter and rhyme so well you don't even notice them is Philip Larkin.
It could be worse