Ferrick Gray
The Yellowed Page
Volume 2, Issue 11
I cannot understand the fluency of many poets, or their inclination to write another poem rather than to spend time perfecting the one just written.
— T. S. Eliot, September 21, 1942
From: The Letters of T. S. Eliot: Volume 10—1942-1944 (page 216)
Edited by: Valerie Eliot and John Haffenden
Published by: Faber & Faber, 2025
ISBN: 978-0-571-39649-8
Ferrick Gray
Poetically Speaking
Volume 2, Issue 14
One of the biggest complaints today stems from formal poetry, particularly the use of rime. What is it about rime that creates so many arguments among poets? For whatever reason, modern poets have a greater aversion to using rime. Their reasons are many; some are justified, while others are not.
What many fail to realize is that the use of rime in poetry is not necessarily bad, and it makes little difference to what style you write. The most common complaint against rime is that it is unnatural. However, is it truly unnatural? Another is that the rime is often predictable. On this point, I would tend to agree. Not all riming is done in the best way.