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Should Poetry Always Rhyme?
Poetry is a literary art that dances.
Swell is an app where you let your voice be heard for five minutes or less. Anytime I post a Swell link, you do not have to download the app to listen to it(according to their website). I will be presenting a Swell conversation here for you to listen to before or after you read this article☺️
A fellow swellcaster asked the question, “How should poetry be presented?” I responded, and another person responded as well. The good thing is that it was poets who responded to give clearer insight and definitions on what poetry is/can be.
I responded that poetry does not have to rhyme all the time. We come from a “Nursery Rhyme Nation” where there should be a rhyme at the end of every conversation…and verse. It doesn’t have to be that way, but I understand why.
As humans we love the lyric and dance of music. It’s called mnemonics, and it has always existed to “improve” human memory.
Done right, rhyming even increases memory retention when we hear something that rhymes. Think of…
