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humanodon  ·  4003 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Editable Poem #2: What Did We Learn?

I think that a little rhyme is fine, but that it's actually very difficult to pull off a good rhyme scheme without sounding hackneyed. Same with meter, if it's too regular.

Rhyme is more like a fill or a grace note to me.





_refugee_  ·  4003 days ago  ·  link  ·  

When I see it done successfully, the lines are rarely endstopped (rhyme, I mean). I find that end-stopped rhyming lines usually beat one over the head.