>>I haven't tried this form yet, but I hope to make some time this weekend to go to town. <<
Go for it! I'd enjoy seeing the results of that.
>> I find the similarities with the villanelle format intriguing -- it's like villanelles are a much more rigid version of the same thing.<<
They are similar. Because the villanelle adds repeating lines, however, you also need to have two good refrains. So that part is more demanding, like all repeating poems, contrasted against the ones that just have an interlocking rhyme scheme.
>>I hadn't thought of categorizing rhymes as vowel versus consonant, stressed versus unstressed, but the divisions sound fairly intuitive. <<
Similar, yes.
Words that end with a vowel, especially a long vowel, have an open sound that stretches out and flows through poem. Words that end with a consonant, especially a stop, have a more abrupt effect like a downbeat in music. Sorry I couldn't find a good article about this one.
Rhymes that end on a stressed syllable sound more assertive and final, whereas rhymes that end on an unstressed syllable are more subtle and flowing. Here's a comparison of masculine (stressed) vs. feminine (unstressed) rhyme: http://blogs.setonhill.edu/DennisJerz/EL267/014367.php
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Date: 2012-03-03 08:34 pm (UTC)Go for it! I'd enjoy seeing the results of that.
>> I find the similarities with the villanelle format intriguing -- it's like villanelles are a much more rigid version of the same thing.<<
They are similar. Because the villanelle adds repeating lines, however, you also need to have two good refrains. So that part is more demanding, like all repeating poems, contrasted against the ones that just have an interlocking rhyme scheme.
>>I hadn't thought of categorizing rhymes as vowel versus consonant, stressed versus unstressed, but the divisions sound fairly intuitive. <<
Similar, yes.
Words that end with a vowel, especially a long vowel, have an open sound that stretches out and flows through poem. Words that end with a consonant, especially a stop, have a more abrupt effect like a downbeat in music. Sorry I couldn't find a good article about this one.
Rhymes that end on a stressed syllable sound more assertive and final, whereas rhymes that end on an unstressed syllable are more subtle and flowing. Here's a comparison of masculine (stressed) vs. feminine (unstressed) rhyme:
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/DennisJerz/EL267/014367.php