Decline of rhyme in poetry

[milo]

I am agnostic about whether it is good or bad.  I do think the attempt at rhyme is responsible for most bad poetry.

I think I would like to address this point first.  I do not think the attempt at rhyme is responsible for most bad poetry.  I do think it makes it more apparent that a writer is producing bad poetry.  

I think free verse and the Confessional Movement democratized the creation of poetry to the point that everyone in the English world can produce poetry and the majority seem to share a belief that simply complaining about their lives in the the most mundane or prosaic way equates to poetry.

On the plus side, this has led to many more people interested in poetry but I would contend it has caused the production of more bad poetry than every other poetic movement combined.

Thanks