The rhyme crimeA Lesson by Red Brick Keshner Rhymes can be a poetic cliché. And if done 'sloppily,' the rhyming device can serve to defeat us in our writing rather than enhance or even take our writing to the next level of experience. ○ Rhymes can be appreciated seen but rhymes are best experienced when "heard!" ○ The sound aspect of rhyme is complete only in relation with its companion words and their correlated lines. ● In other words: rhymes don't work alone. We have to also consider the lines that our rhyming words are attached to. □ "nature's first green is gold her hardest hue to hold" (Robert Frost ) ◇ we notice immediately the end rhymes 'gold' & 'hold.' ♤ but we also have to look at the lines in which they belong. Sound them out... ♧ we now notice the cadence, rhythms, inflexions, and other sound patterns that accompany, leading to the rhyming words. ♡ our first crime is to isolate rhyme, removing then from other elements and aspects of our composition. Rather, our writing is an organic whole; so much more than the sum of its parts. Beauty lies in the relatedness of our words. ■ Pick some rhyming words and place them in "rhyming" thoughts. Change paired words as you work out the best suited pairs. Notice how words 'dictate' their best use in relation to the phrases that come to mind when we begin pairing them off. We are best off listening for the cues and clues they give as we 'craft' our lines. ☆ Enjoy the connectedness of poetry and its creation; how our words and thoughts come together like separate pieces of an orchestra joining together to form a symphony.  Comments |
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Red Brick KeshnerBrisbane, West Moreton, AustraliaAboutMy life is one poetic journey. If I am not reading or writing poetry, I simply live it. To me the experience of poetry should be such - to breathe it, create it, and receive it from poems and lives th.. |
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