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Rhythm and Rhyme

In poetry meter and rhythm are ultimately About the sounds of language. Meter is organized rhythm; Rhyme has to do with echo. Poetry is a poet's way Of ordering chaotic emotions and experiences. The language and rhythm of a poem Are as crucial as what the poem is about.

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Silent One

Date: 3/9/2024 11:27:00 AM

I just write... I do not care for meter to be honest, and I have found meter sound different to different lingos.... but your poem is great..

Jim Slaughter
Date: 3/10/2024 9:51:00 AM

Thanks, S O, but I have to disagree...a little...with you. There is far too much content in much of your work to call it "just writing". And meter, in my opinion, has a way of working its way into a piece whether we're aware of it or not.

Tom Woody

Date: 3/8/2024 5:16:00 PM

Sadly, the formulas that make poetry great is lost on the neo-poet generation. It's all about free verse which to me is just prose which really ain't poetry. Still, I occasionally try my hand at it. Thanks for this important write

Jim Slaughter
Date: 3/9/2024 10:31:00 AM

Thanks, Tom...and you're probably right...alas and forsooth!

Tom Woody
Date: 3/8/2024 5:18:00 PM

PS. Most of these free- versers couldn't write a Shakespearean sonnet in iambic pentameter if you put a water gun to their head