Can dark poetry rhyme?

Question

I write poetry that my friend says IS dark peoetry.

But is it still considered dark poetry if it rhymes?Because ALL of my poetry rhymes.

Answer 1

Yes, it can rhyme, but I think you should forget about it if it means trying too hard. If it flows naturally and still sounds deep with a rhyme then it can improve the poem. But, if it doesn't fit in with the poem or sound right then don't bother, it will ruin it.

Answer 2

yes...yes it can. At my school i know a girl who writes dark poetry or happy poetry and draws illustrations for them. Yes you can rhyme dark poetry! also I think people don't quit understand that rhyming is all happy and.....well..........HAPPY!!!! Because it's all not happy! i'll post more later! hopefully

Answer 3

Of course it can rhyme, but there's room for the well placed jarring dissonance, too.

"When you're on the highest dosage and it isn't half enough,
When your nights are torn and twisted with the pain.
When the sleep you get is really rather futile,
for it only brings the nightmares once again."

(the opening to one of mine)

Answer 4

So did Edgar Allen Poe's poetry...nobody darker than Poe!
"Once upon a midnight weary/While I pondered, weak and weary..."

Answer 5

yes, totally