Re: Language Change
| From: | Patrick Dunn <tb0pwd1@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 5, 2000, 5:53 |
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On Tue, 4 Jan 2000, Nik Taylor wrote:
> > This, paradoxically, can de-emphasize the importance of rhyme
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> I don't see why that would be a paradox - poetry involves things that
> aren't part of prose. If rhymes occur all the time, it would lose its
> significance.
*nods* I meant that it seems, at first glance, somewhat of a paradox.
But of course it stands to reason (and that, btw, is I believe the
textbook explanation of forms like the sestina -- when many words end in
-o or -e, it's not very impressive to rhyme them). :)