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Re: Re : Irritating word puzzle.

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Monday, October 25, 1999, 19:07
Patrick Dunn wrote:
> These days, yes, many poets use half rhyme, particularly in free verse, > which doesn't have set rhyme schemes (but does, frequently, rhyme, > alliterate, assonate, and everything else).
Hmm, so perhaps many poems that I thought had no rhyme whatsoever did have "half-rhyme". I suppose the important question is: is there anyone for whom half-rhymes sound any different than non-rhymes? -- "Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia." -- Joseph Wood Krutch http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files/ http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ #: 18656696 AIM screen-name: NikTailor