Do you feel that rhyming poetry is limited and feels forced and/or generally crass?
2007-12-29 03:06:04 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Poetry
Rhyming poetry seems to confine the poet. Plus one gets so busy waiting for the next rhyming word that the mood of the poem gets lost. It doesn't have a flow.
2007-12-29 03:37:22 · answer #1 · answered by Just Tink 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Limericks rhyme, and for the most part they are meant to be crass. Sonnets rhyme, and for the most part are not meant to be crass.
Free verse (non-metrical verse that may or may not rhyme) can be just as limiting as poetry in form. Blank verse (iambic pentameter that doesn't rhyme) can look free but is actually very controlled. Your form, rhyming or not, should fit the poem.
If you don't like rhyming poetry because you think it's limiting, you might change your mind by reading some villanelles, terzanelles, or sestinas. Make a Google search for some of these wonderful forms and decide for yourself.
2007-12-29 05:51:11 · answer #2 · answered by vintner 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think that rhyming poetry is definitely limited and it feels forced because when something is on your mind and you have the need to write it down and when you sit down and start thinking about words that rhyme it would just ruin the path of your thoughts and you might forget what you wanted to write down. It's usually a rare moment when you feel so inspired that rhymes and words just come out of "nowhere" but it doesnt always have to be like that.
2007-12-29 05:38:45 · answer #3 · answered by Elanes 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily.
It is not the style of the poetry, but some poems. We have some new writers who are working at writing poetry and for some the rhythm style is the easiest. Yes at times with our new writers it does sound forced and is easy to see, but generally I would have to disagree.
Sam
2007-12-29 05:43:44 · answer #4 · answered by Sam 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think a lot depends on the poet and the poems themselves.
I think Edgar Allen Poe's poetry makes my head ache yet Robert Frost's poems slide off the tongue with fluidity.
However I would take poetry from the likes of Elizabeth Bishop, James Dickey or Robert Creeley over rhyming poetry any day.
2007-12-29 03:19:50 · answer #5 · answered by Jim Brick 4 · 7⤊ 1⤋
I believe rhymes are poetic in general, however a rhyme should not be forced, or the poem will seem hollow. When something rhymes flowingly and naturally it can be enjoyable. It's like a haiku in a way... it either comes to you or it doesn't.
2007-12-29 03:53:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not really, but the majority of poetry just isn't great poetry.
So it is mainly stale.
And for some the restrictions imposed by rhyme are to much to bear, main problem then becomes that you start writing free verse, which surprisingly is infinitely more difficult.
And so it may well become total gibberish and plain nonsensical.
2007-12-29 03:13:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
People have written terrible rhyming and non-rhyming poetry. For the worst rhyming poetry ever written, search for "McGonagle" and "Tay". Shakespeare's sonnets can't be beaten in the best rhyming category. For me, the finest non-rhyming is "Paradise Lost" by Milton
2007-12-29 03:20:06 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it's crass.... I think people who are just starting out with poetry generally start with rhyming poems, because it's the easiest...like a nursery rhyme.
I think poems are more beautiful when they don't rhyme..... but are still musical to the ears(or eyes?).
2007-12-29 03:11:11 · answer #9 · answered by Sunrise 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I love poetry in any form. I think it makes me seem more cultured though if it doesn't rhyme.
2007-12-29 03:53:53 · answer #10 · answered by ShrunkenFro™ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋