There's something so wonderful about writing in rhyme where it isn't just the meaning of the words, it's the music to the words and the shape and the sound.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Rhyme is a mnemonic device, an aid to the memory. And some poems are themselves mnemonics, that is to say, the whole purpose of the poem is to enable us to remember some information.
Generally speaking, rhyme is the marker for the end of a line. The first rhyme-word is like a challenge thrown down, which the poem itself has to respond to.
Assonance is not the enemy of rhyme. It helps us to respect rhyme, which has been spoiled by mechanical use.
The poetic act consists of suddenly seeing that an idea splits up into a number of equal motifs and of grouping them; they rhyme.
Once in awhile you have a thought, and you rhyme it.
Lyrics are very different. There is a clear line between that and a poem. Something that has been a source of great excitement and delight for me is this idea that I get to rhyme.
A rhyme doesn't make a song.
Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves.
The fact that something is in a rhymed form or in blank verse will not make it good poetry.
I saw I could rhyme words. It came simply to me. But I wrote some pretty horrible songs that I still have on tape.