Yeah, like Tennyson and Shelley and T.S. Eliot... Damn those puerile poets!

Yeah, like Tennyson and Shelley and T.S. Eliot... Damn those puerile poets!:
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Posted by The Arcane(VIP) on October 26, 2000 at 03:49:45:

In Reply to: Rhyming these days only makes the poem seem childish and immature. posted by Critic on October 26, 2000 at 02:51:22:

Give me a friggin' break. You're more than welcome to your opinion as to whether or not it's good poetry, but saying that it's limited because the author chose to make it rhyme is about as closed-minded as a child's definition of poetry as "rhyming words."

Personally, considering the profoundly awful poetry I've encountered in my brief lifetime, about a hundred times more of it didn't rhyme than did. The former are written mostly by pretentious folk who think they're being dramatic and profound but come across as idiots instead.

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I prefer Robert Frost, and all of his stuff rhymes. I think Whitman absolutely sucks and much of his stuff doesn't. I agree with Arcane. Of course the one I wrote doesn't rhyme except for the first snippet, so that says something right there. nt Imbrogno(VIP) 04:25:07 10/26/2000 (0)

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Comments:	> Give me a friggin' break. You're more than welcome to your opinion as to whether or not it's good poetry, but saying that it's limited because the author chose to make it rhyme is about as closed-minded as a child's definition of poetry as "rhyming words." > Personally, considering the profoundly awful poetry I've encountered in my brief lifetime, about a hundred times more of it didn't rhyme than did. The former are written mostly by pretentious folk who think they're being dramatic and profound but come across as idiots instead.