Do you think a poem has to rhyme?
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (52201)
Staten Island, New York
April 16, 2019 1:22pm CST
When I first got into writing poetry I thought that all poetry has to rhyme and if it doesn't rhyme it's not really poetry. And most of what I've written in the beginning rhymed in some way. I no longer think this way and have written plenty of poems that do not rhyme.
Just because something rhymes does not automatically make it a poem. And just because something doesn't rhyme that doesn't mean it's not a poem.
It's the choice of words used, the wording of the lines, and the poetic techniques used that determine whether a piece of work is a poem or not.
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@Michellekidwell (29953)
• Sonora, California
16 Apr 19
Some of the best poetry is non rhyming!
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@lovebuglena (52201)
• Staten Island, New York
16 Apr 19
I've read poems where rhymes seemed forced, like the words were used just for the sake of rhyming.
@divalounger (6182)
• United States
18 Apr 19
I write and have had some pieces published and I really don't like rhyming poetry--but when the rhyme is really well done and really serves the piece--it can be an effective tool
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@divalounger (6182)
• United States
25 Apr 19
@lovebuglena in various journala mostly. I also have a blog and still have a bunch on hubpages. We're have you published?
@lovebuglena (52201)
• Staten Island, New York
26 Apr 19
@divalounger I have poetry published on AuthorsDen, writing.com and some on HubPages. As I have not renewed my writing.com membership most of the poems I not visible to the public I believe. I've also published poetry books of my own and I've been published in some anthologies.
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@LadyDuck (502657)
• Italy
21 Apr 19
@lovebuglena Yes, Italian poems, surely because it is my mother language.
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@lovebuglena (52201)
• Staten Island, New York
20 Apr 19
Do you have any favorite poems?
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@lovebuglena (52201)
• Staten Island, New York
20 Apr 19
Have you ever written a poem?
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@LindaOHio (222624)
• United States
20 Apr 19
@lovebuglena Yes, I have; but they've all been rhymed.
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@mynameiskate (2658)
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16 Apr 19
Poems don't need to rhyme. You pick your style and write it. Many famous poems don't rhyme.
@asfarasiknow (3340)
• Bournemouth, England
17 Apr 19
I know.poems don't have to rhyme but I just find it much easier to.understand or write those that do.
@lovebuglena (52201)
• Staten Island, New York
20 Apr 19
Nothing wrong with writing rhymed poetry. It might make it easier to remember.
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@JudyEv (382329)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Apr 19
That's very true but I have to say I prefer poems that rhyme.
@lovebuglena (52201)
• Staten Island, New York
20 Apr 19
I used to prefer those as well but now I am equally leaning towards rhyming and non-rhyming poetry.
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@lovebuglena (52201)
• Staten Island, New York
20 Apr 19
I love rhymes but I hate it when I am writing a rhymed poem and I can't come up with a rhymed line and first have to figure out what rhymes with the word in the previous line and then use that to write a new line. I prefer when the rhymed lines just flow out of me rather than me having to use the rhyming dictionary to figure out possible rhymes and then write lines with those words.
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@thelme55 (79323)
• Germany
22 Apr 19
@lovebuglena I can relate to that. Sometimes I forgot what to write when I was thinking of a word that would rhyme to my poem.
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@lovebuglena (52201)
• Staten Island, New York
20 Apr 19
Rhymes can make the poem easier to remember or even make it catchy.
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