is it okay to write a poem even though it isnt rhyming?...?

Question

i love writing poems but sometimes i can express myself well if i have the freedom to choose my words but then the words arent rhyming... is it okay?

Answer 1

Some day, people will say poems don't even have to have words. They'll just hand you a banana and ask how you like their poem. Personally, I think the devolution of poetry stinks.

Answer 2

Poetry should be creative. If you set the rules for your own style of poetry, who gives a ** if it doesn't rhyme?

The truth is, if you set parameters for yourself, such as every other line rhyming, or the rhythm has certain rules, whatever, it will force you to be more creative. This is also true in my form of writing, which is screenwriting. As long as we follow the structure, it forces us to be more creative because we have to create events for the plot points.

I've written plenty of poems in my life, but most are sonnets. They've got ten syllables per line and every other line rhymes. The way I like to do it is to use a fourteen-letter name and tell a poem about that person, starting each line with the next letter of the name. It has forced me to be very creative. But that's the way I do it. You don't have to do it the way ANYBODY else does it.

But having said that, there's nobody standing over you with a whip, forcing you to rhyme if you don't want to. It's your poem. Tell it however you tell it.

Answer 3

Play around with "rules" all you like
but don't let a 'rule' ruin a good poem.

But
if you start out with a form, you should
stick with it through that poem.

Use of rhyme is more difficult in English
than in some other languages.

Also:
investigate near-rhyme and even
analytic rhyme.

If you think your words make a poem
you are most likely right.

Answer 4

I sometimes write poetry too. I loved reading your answers, especially from the people who appeared to be poets or writers themselves.

This is to say that I don't have more to say than has already been said in your answers already. I learned some new information for myself as well.

I encourage you to read established writers of all different kinds of poetry. It will give you ideas.

I agree that using some kind of form in the poem actually can free you up in your writing. I find it fun to try different kinds of form.

My best wishes for you in your writing.

Answer 5

Look into Haikus, or phrasing of poems- some deal with rhythm/ syllables of each line and not necessarily rhyming the words.

Answer 6

Structure distinguishes poetry from prose. Poets may use any or all of the following to provide structure. An experienced poet might write a poem without any of them, but why discard useful tools?

• Rhyme
• Meter (da-da-DUH, da-da-DUH... or whatever turns you on.)
• Assonance, "Once upon a midnight dreary, as I pondered..."
• Alliteration, "An Austrian army, awfully arrayed..."
• Repetition: "Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times!"
• Standard syllable counts, such as Haiku, or line structure, such as sonnets or couplets.

Robert Frost said that writing poetry without rhyme was like playing tennis without a net. You don't have to use rhyme, but it should be because you wish not to, not because you can't.

I never got beyond doggerel myself. Good luck.

Answer 7

whatever way you want to write poetry is fine. there is no right or wrong way, it's just creative expression so your way whatever you decide is what matters. i think that sometimes people get caught up worrying about something not rhyming that they lose something in their poem. because they are leaving the idea and trying to fit it into a neat form of poetry.
so i think that today, free verse is a true way of saying what you want to say, without worrying if it's within someone else's guidelines. good luck.

Answer 8

God I hate that people always think that poems have to rhyme. When we're in school they stuff rhymes down our throats to the point that we're afraid to write without them. It's ok to write poetry without rhymes and it's still poetry. I have people who tell me my poetry isn't poetry because it doesn't rhyme and those people are wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong. I love writing without rhymes and if that's how you express yourself then good for you.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

Of course, it is okay. That is (very) generally referred to as free verse.

Go for it! Write away.... just try not to be melodramatic. Melodramatic poetry is the worst.