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41. Shakespeare used half rhymes. A whole lot of English speaking poets have.

Mon Nov 11, 2024, 01:24 AM

Nov 11

It is unusual to have a whole poem that has no exact rhymes, only half rhypmes, but they really are pretty common in English.

I can claim to be 1/8 Scottish through my father's mother, but the rest of me is German with a touch of English.

English poetry tends to use both rhyme and rhythm, but other languages don't necessarily use both, and some use neither. Haiku is not the only Japanese poetic form whic merely counts syllables. Ancient Hebrew poetry was basred on short stanzas of saying the same thing twice in different ways. Ancient Latin poertry never rhymed but was based on some very strict rhythms with thankfully some allowed exceptions. Classical Greek poetry didn't rhyme either. I really do think it is our differences which broaden our horizons.

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