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lhynard

On Alternate Rhyming Schemes

Dec 11, 2007 09:07

The other day I wrote a poem for my wife in which the first word of each line rhymed.

After the fact, I pondered that I've never seen such a poem before.

Nowadays, everyone (except ubersecret) has for the most part abandoned form poetry, but the question I have is, did anyone "famous" ever write poetry in which the rhyming scheme involved the first and not ( Read more... )

poetry, writing, questions

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I'm not sure, but... mallon04008 December 12 2007, 03:29:03 UTC

This reminds me of something somewhat similar similar: an acrostic. This is where the first letter or letters of a poem can be put together to have an additional meaning, or they follow some formula (the alphabet, for example). I believe there are a few Psalms that are like this with the Hebrew alphabet. In the vein of poems to wives, I did write a 5 couplet poem where the first letter of each couplet spelled her name.

Re: I'm not sure, but... lhynard December 12 2007, 03:33:01 UTC

Yes, the Psalms do do that.

(Hey, it's been a while....

Whither art thou wending for the Christ Mass?)

Re: I'm not sure, but... mallon04008 December 19 2007, 22:11:16 UTC

(Sorry, forgot to reply) I will be in Maine from 12/22 - 12/26. Were you thinking of a meet-up?

Re: I'm not sure, but... lhynard December 19 2007, 23:00:25 UTC

That I was. It will be hard though. I'm there from LATE 23rd to 28th.

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