Re: Intergermansk - Three Rings

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 21:17:34 -0000, caeruleancentaur
<caeruleancentaur@...> wrote:

>--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@M...> wrote:
>
>IMO, verse ain't verse if it don't rhyme - free verse is neither. :)
>I like the rhythm as well:
I always think that rhythm is more important. Consider that classical Latin
poetry didn't have any rhyme, but only a regular pattern of short and long
syllables (though I think some say that this was artificially copied from
Greek).


>I can't believe that there is someone else in the universe who thinks
>English poetry should rhyme.  I thought I was all alone.  I will
>accede to the use of rhythm or alliteration or some device not found
>in everyday speech.  Poetry today is nothing more the work of the
>type setter.
:)

I'd expect that poetry should preserve the poetic effect even without line
breaks.

kry@s:
j. 'mach' wust