Do "side" and "rhye" rhyme? Argument I was having. There's an internal rhyme, I guess, but do internal rhymes count in a typical rhyme scheme (you know, ABAB or AABB, whatever)? And can you have an ABAB (ex: ride, sigh, cried, bye) and then an internal rhyme scheme in the same stanza?
Yes, I know this sounds weird but its an argument I was having.
Lol, I guess it depends if you're talking to a creative writing major or a lit major.
Traditionally, internal rhymes don't quite "count" but most poets have to fudge it at some point. And you can have anything you want in a poem. It all depends on the form you're talking about. Something like an Elizabethan sonnet has a very fixed rhyme scheme, but form can be as simple as using strictly four-line stanzas, and the rhyme could be whatever.
If you're talking about writing a poem, it doesn't even matter. You can do whatever you want. If you're talking about explicating a poem, then you have to give the poet a little wiggle room - perfect rhymes are hard to do.
I had a huge comment written on my iPhone lj app and posted it but apparently it didn't post. *grumble* I will now have to try to find the will to retype it up but I'm too lazy now.
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Yes, I know this sounds weird but its an argument I was having.
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Traditionally, internal rhymes don't quite "count" but most poets have to fudge it at some point. And you can have anything you want in a poem. It all depends on the form you're talking about. Something like an Elizabethan sonnet has a very fixed rhyme scheme, but form can be as simple as using strictly four-line stanzas, and the rhyme could be whatever.
If you're talking about writing a poem, it doesn't even matter. You can do whatever you want. If you're talking about explicating a poem, then you have to give the poet a little wiggle room - perfect rhymes are hard to do.
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