Feb 2021
Today I Was Accused…
Today I was accused
Of using too much rhyme;
Of bruising Keats and Shelley…
Is it that my rhymes are smelly -
Pressed by some unconscious vanity?
Straightforwardly the way I think,
My rhyme in sync-
With evolution and enlargement of unformed idea,
My rhyme an incubus
In *******
With lover genius?
Nover’s genie?
Taking no offense
I had no other license,
Than to search my mind,
Which is like using wind
To cook a meal.
All that I want’s the real deal.
With rhyme my not-so-secret weapon,
One I lean on,
So be it!
There’’ll be no rhyme cremation
Of this norm and form creation.
Today I Was Accused…11.15.2019/revised 2.24.2021 The Processes: Creative, Thinking, Meditative; Arlene Nover Corwin
Function of rhyming words: I don’t remember where I read this, but I surely read it somewhere and took the thought to heart.
“Rhyme partly seems to be enjoyed simply as a repeating pattern that is pleasant to hear. It also serves as a powerful mnemonic device, facilitating memorization. The regular use of tail rhyme helps to mark off the ends of lines, thus clarifying the metrical structure for the listener. As with other poetic techniques, poets use it to suit their own purposes; for example William Shakespeare often used a rhyming couplet to mark off the end of a scene in a play.”
Today I was accused
Of using too much rhyme;
Of bruising Keats and Shelley…
Is it that my rhymes are smelly -
Pressed by some unconscious vanity?
Straightforwardly the way I think,
My rhyme in sync-
With evolution and enlargement of unformed idea,
My rhyme an incubus
In *******
With lover genius?
Nover’s genie?
Taking no offense
I had no other license,
Than to search my mind,
Which is like using wind
To cook a meal.
All that I want’s the real deal.
With rhyme my not-so-secret weapon,
One I lean on,
So be it!
There’’ll be no rhyme cremation
Of this norm and form creation.
Today I Was Accused…11.15.2019/revised 2.24.2021 The Processes: Creative, Thinking, Meditative; Arlene Nover Corwin
Function of rhyming words: I don’t remember where I read this, but I surely read it somewhere and took the thought to heart.
“Rhyme partly seems to be enjoyed simply as a repeating pattern that is pleasant to hear. It also serves as a powerful mnemonic device, facilitating memorization. The regular use of tail rhyme helps to mark off the ends of lines, thus clarifying the metrical structure for the listener. As with other poetic techniques, poets use it to suit their own purposes; for example William Shakespeare often used a rhyming couplet to mark off the end of a scene in a play.”
