A Poem Has More to Do Than Just a Rhyme
June 17, 2009 by Franca Schulte
Filed under Tee of the Day!
I used to think I was an amazing poet. English is definitely not my favourite subject, but when it came to learning how to rhyme, I thought i was the queen. All you had to do is write a line, and the next line had to rhyme with the last word of the first line. How simple is that?
Well, I now realize it’s a little bit more complicated than that. Sure if you rhyme is all flows nicely, but it has to have a little bit more of a meaning, and the poem has to tell a story.
So a couple …read more
