tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post5375966529065991475..comments2024-03-10T10:34:02.181+02:00Comments on The Alliterative Allomorph: Part R: Rhyming PoetryJessica Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10889900730906728317noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-26352374983693716542010-04-27T11:07:51.109+03:002010-04-27T11:07:51.109+03:00Rhyme has fallen out of favour in recent years mai...Rhyme has fallen out of favour in recent years mainly I would suspect because a lot of bad poets have got their hands on it and given it a bad name. The thing about rhyme is that is seems easy but it really isn’t. What most verse writers tend to be bad at is rhythm. Their rhymes are good, strong, masculine but their lines limp from one to the next with extra syllables and the stresses in all the wrong places. For those who revel in the sound of words I think the best things to work on are internal rhymes and alliteration. Rhyme doesn’t mean simply end rhymes. <br /><br />This doesn’t mean I think there’s no place for end rhymes in modern poetry. I have only one poem in my canon that has a traditional rhyme scheme though. It’s a nursery rhyme on the subject of child abuse; the combination is very powerful.<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-84813194453462716892010-04-22T00:04:21.922+03:002010-04-22T00:04:21.922+03:00Thanks for all your lovely comments :)
Beth: Swee...Thanks for all your lovely comments :)<br /><br />Beth: Sweetie, of course you haven't offended me ... I've been really busy, plus your blog takes a really long time to load for some reason and keeps getting stuck! Becasue I'm strapped for time this week I just don't have the time to wait for it. Next week things will be back to normal and I'll be sure to leave my mark. I have been trying though, but your page just doens't like me!Jessica Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10889900730906728317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-14270652956087719952010-04-21T23:59:25.791+03:002010-04-21T23:59:25.791+03:00Beautiful rhyming! I've missed your comments o...Beautiful rhyming! I've missed your comments of late. Hope I didn't say something to offend! :)Beth Zimmermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07047047792782914757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-7330061408653482202010-04-21T23:25:05.140+03:002010-04-21T23:25:05.140+03:00I too loved this poem.
My favorite line is the las...I too loved this poem.<br />My favorite line is the last line from the last stanza. <br /><br />Nice work.Lola Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14394765053485642935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-54144892596952984652010-04-21T23:01:29.234+03:002010-04-21T23:01:29.234+03:00oh! Thanks so much Michele! :)oh! Thanks so much Michele! :)Jessica Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10889900730906728317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-15589490023236484172010-04-21T22:44:46.917+03:002010-04-21T22:44:46.917+03:00BTW-blogging about your Internal Conflict Blogfest...BTW-blogging about your Internal Conflict Blogfest on my blog tomorrow (Thurs.)!<br /><br />Michele<br /><a href="http://southerncitymysteries.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">SouthernCityMysteries</a>JournoMichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11170364981958685438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-53697584362263434872010-04-21T22:17:37.175+03:002010-04-21T22:17:37.175+03:00Oooh, good stuff! I suck at rhyming poetry. lol.Oooh, good stuff! I suck at rhyming poetry. lol.Creepy Query Girlhttp://creepyquerygirl.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-87653322402283936342010-04-21T21:55:39.078+03:002010-04-21T21:55:39.078+03:00"I let it mask me like a shroud of sparkling ..."I let it mask me like a shroud of sparkling wine, and I swallow it, before it swallows me." -- Lovely!!Zoe C. Courtmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642503770758938774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-24109877676034228882010-04-21T21:52:03.940+03:002010-04-21T21:52:03.940+03:00Loved it, loved it, loved it! My favorite soundin...Loved it, loved it, loved it! My favorite sounding lines were these:<br /><br /><i>When the disguised cicada’s click is captured in the desiccated wind<br />Or even by the gracious grocer who greets me with his gorgeous grin</i> -- I love the assonance and alliteration in these!<br /><br />And imagery wise, this line spoke to me: <i>The doors are painted colors eccentric even to the color blind</i> -- LOVE that!<br /><br />Your talent inspires me!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01899768909313326172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-87976481440058702612010-04-21T21:08:22.646+03:002010-04-21T21:08:22.646+03:00You are so talented! That was just amazing.You are so talented! That was just amazing.Raquel Byrneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12870113745683162915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-61359232368268785472010-04-21T20:58:57.698+03:002010-04-21T20:58:57.698+03:00Love it! You are a talented rhymer!Love it! You are a talented rhymer!Talli Rolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780882465745107715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-46720279060654401842010-04-21T20:14:08.767+03:002010-04-21T20:14:08.767+03:00I, too, prefer a little rhyme in poetry. Good job...I, too, prefer a little rhyme in poetry. Good job!<br /><br />I've seen you around the blogworld, but haven't been by before. Glad I finally stopped in!<br /><br />Michele<br /><a href="http://southerncitymysteries.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">SouthernCityMysteries</a>JournoMichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11170364981958685438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-79786549598280642832010-04-21T17:03:36.152+03:002010-04-21T17:03:36.152+03:00that was beautiful!that was beautiful!Taherehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03111022596822176769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-5074619126943601772010-04-21T14:43:13.295+03:002010-04-21T14:43:13.295+03:00What a fun poem! I love Rhyme and Rhythm.
Thanks ...What a fun poem! I love Rhyme and Rhythm.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing!<br /><br />BTW you have the coolest name. I love alliteration too, but now I have to go look up what an allomorph is.Matthew MacNishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03264738483763244969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-86135458119536989832010-04-21T12:36:49.315+03:002010-04-21T12:36:49.315+03:00Thanks everyone! As I said in my P post I'm so...Thanks everyone! As I said in my P post I'm so sorry for being so scarce this week. I'm really busy with work. I'll make it up to you all next week, I promise! ;)Jessica Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10889900730906728317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-65210096729193880652010-04-21T07:49:59.498+03:002010-04-21T07:49:59.498+03:00I think poets make brilliant novelists. What artis...I think poets make brilliant novelists. What artistic use of the language you have here!Karen Jones Gowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01153821980625034810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-22727469134620906452010-04-21T04:50:28.830+03:002010-04-21T04:50:28.830+03:00Beautiful! You're amazing at this... I however...Beautiful! You're amazing at this... I however suck at rhyming!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03667521490706435608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-36123431863367508702010-04-21T04:26:32.395+03:002010-04-21T04:26:32.395+03:00wow you are brilliant. And I love your profile pic...wow you are brilliant. And I love your profile picture. Very beautiful :o)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-35121900432323201502010-04-21T04:07:42.300+03:002010-04-21T04:07:42.300+03:00Well done!Well done!Wandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07438544740170524813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-71052195781454726632010-04-21T03:55:27.631+03:002010-04-21T03:55:27.631+03:00The way you see the simplest things in this world ...The way you see the simplest things in this world is far more interesting than the way I do!Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03726858055689145824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-35560225168153787412010-04-21T03:39:59.177+03:002010-04-21T03:39:59.177+03:00beautiful word pictures :) Thanks for sharing!beautiful word pictures :) Thanks for sharing!Rebecca T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11994380364321336824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-89999383941306234362010-04-21T02:27:45.826+03:002010-04-21T02:27:45.826+03:00This comment has been removed by the author.sarahjayne smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589820347348973092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-65218003426196985452010-04-21T02:27:45.444+03:002010-04-21T02:27:45.444+03:00I suck at rhyme, but your's is gorgeous and li...I suck at rhyme, but your's is gorgeous and lilting. :) Wonderful imagery. :)sarahjayne smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589820347348973092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-68985406681796387212010-04-21T02:15:36.691+03:002010-04-21T02:15:36.691+03:00Simply wonderful, a joy to read.
Yvonne,Simply wonderful, a joy to read.<br /><br />Yvonne,RHYTHM AND RHYMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11386975261804630799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-31866776501059908932010-04-21T02:08:57.365+03:002010-04-21T02:08:57.365+03:00That. Was. Beautiful! What a knack. :DThat. Was. Beautiful! What a knack. :DMel Chesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200734886454147170noreply@blogger.com