Why a rhyme should not be forced and meter should not be coerced

hii,
I'm not a guru. I don't know much more than anyone else. This is something that I believe deeply though. Not all poetry rhymes or has meter. But if you're going to do it, do it right.

When we speak, we accent our words to fit their meaning and use. When we talk about a subject, we put the emphasis on the first syllable but when we subject someone to a rant about language, we stress the second syllable. This is important in writing rhythmic verse because we want to arrange the words such that the natural stresses from speaking them form a repeating pattern. The pattern can be simple or complex, the point is that the reader can feel and recognize it.

Hand-in-hand with rhythm is rhyme. Not all rhythmic verse rhymes but the vast majority does. This is traditional and the reason is, it's easy to remember. Poetry has a great oral tradition because of this.

But in order to be memorable and great, the poem needs to both sound good and make sense. This is where the idea of not forcing your rhymes comes from. I'm going to post a stanza of a poem and leave out some rhymes. See if you can figure out what goes there. You should be able to because the right words fit.


Thanks!

I didn't find the right solution from the Internet.

References: https://www.writingforums.com/threads/16...-not-be-coerced


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