10-10-2011, 04:45 AM
That's a really interesting site, thanks Philatone.
In a multicultural poetry forum, accents are often important to consider, especially when it comes to rhyme. I remember a very pompous critic from New York (I know, I didn't really need to use the word "pompous" there) going crook (which means "admonishing me") because I'd used a "near rhyme" in a sonnet full of true rhymes -- but the rhyme in question was sparse/pass, which is a perfect rhyme in my accent. Of course I straight away fired off an email informing him that there are different accents in the world and I can't write for anyone's but my own -- and of course he remained silent and aloof
Just for future reference, I try to always allow that someone pronounces something differently when it comes to rhymes, although I've seen some that have no chance on earth of being close. The same little differences will apply to meter, when some people pronounce all the syllables of a word fully and some elide, or squish them together, as in every/ ev'ry.
And I will continue to honour the superfluous "u"
In a multicultural poetry forum, accents are often important to consider, especially when it comes to rhyme. I remember a very pompous critic from New York (I know, I didn't really need to use the word "pompous" there) going crook (which means "admonishing me") because I'd used a "near rhyme" in a sonnet full of true rhymes -- but the rhyme in question was sparse/pass, which is a perfect rhyme in my accent. Of course I straight away fired off an email informing him that there are different accents in the world and I can't write for anyone's but my own -- and of course he remained silent and aloof
Just for future reference, I try to always allow that someone pronounces something differently when it comes to rhymes, although I've seen some that have no chance on earth of being close. The same little differences will apply to meter, when some people pronounce all the syllables of a word fully and some elide, or squish them together, as in every/ ev'ry.
And I will continue to honour the superfluous "u"
It could be worse