Dec 2011
Here comes the sprung
Like a golden moon
A moment too late
Waves of meaning broke
Like a wheel's turned
A lesson spent
The rules were sand
Time stopped for no one
Like a golden sun
A moment too soon
Waves of meaning break
Like a wheel's spoke
A lesson learned
The rules were bent
Time stopped.
And then returned.
Like a golden moon
A moment too late
Waves of meaning broke
Like a wheel's turned
A lesson spent
The rules were sand
Time stopped for no one
Like a golden sun
A moment too soon
Waves of meaning break
Like a wheel's spoke
A lesson learned
The rules were bent
Time stopped.
And then returned.
I'm trying to create a new type of rhyme here, which I'm calling Sprung Rhyme - hence the title. The idea is to create a strong expectation of a rhyme, which doesn't come, so the reader should hear the obvious rhyme, which is unsaid, freeing the writer to write something that doesn't rhyme but feels like it does. I'm not sure about the best format for it. Whether it should be every line, or every other line for example. Please comment and let me know whether it worked in part or not at all. And I'd like to read any attempts anyone makes to do a similar thing. Thanks.
