rhyming poetry

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Rhyming poetry or free verse

thepromptwriter @thepromptwriter (474) • United States 6 Sep 08

I love poetry and have been writing it for a very long time. The problem is that I prefer to write poetry that has a metered, rhyming style. I was told some time back that rhyming poetry was a sure sign of being an amateur, and...

creative writing

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Sir Walter Scott- Lay of the Last Minstrel

trinihd @trinihd (996) • United States 15 Dec 07

Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land! Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd, As home his footsteps he hath turn'd, From wandering on a foreign...

lay of the last minstrel

sir walter scott

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Do you think poetry is supposed to rhyme?

Amy @artemis432 (7474) • Abernathy, Texas 23 Aug 07

The majority of poetry is free verse. For me, rhyming poetry comes out stilted and trite. Its obvious that instead of allowing the words to flow freely, I imprison my words in strict form and so the creativity seems to get caught...

marie ranier rilke

traditional poetry

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