Rhyme



There is more to poetry than rhyme,
And I don't employ it all the time.
I'm using it here, right now, it's true,
But it isn't something you have to do.

A poem can still speak eloquently
Without rhyme, and consequently
I forgo rhyme as often as not.
I write what comes, and see what I've got.

To rhyme or not to rhyme — It's up to you.
Some days I don't rhyme, but today I do.

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Copyright © Robert Haigh 2017
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Submitted by RobertHaigh on August 24, 2020

Modified on April 10, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABB CCDD BB X
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 434
Words 83
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 2, 1

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