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skygazer

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Tue Jan-11-05 01:12 PM
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10. All poetry follows some sort of meter and rhythm

When I was in college, a creative writing teacher I had started us out on poetry by having us write a perfect sonnet - 14 lines, iambic pentameter, strict rhyme scheme. It was, I thought, a good way to do it as it taught us structure and rhythm. That's not something that goes by the wayside when you write free verse. It's certainly legitimate poetry and it does follow its own rhythm, set by the poet.

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