I do not understand this slant
The course of which to rhyme
For my natural flow of banter
Escapes its rhythm binds
Is it on consonant or vowels
In which diction should rule?
Syllable counts have me scowling
In fret of lines I’ll misconstrue
Erato and I scratch our heads
And ask a boon of Calliope
For even Euterpe deeds
This may better suit Melpomene
Above lined paper my pen pauses
To wit my brain cells are not bent
I’m feeling like a poetic pauper
No, I do not understand this slant
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So at dVerse Poets Pub, Karin/Manicdaily has us using slant rhyme in poetry. Well, others are using, I’m weakly attempting, as I cannot seem to grasp my cranium around the concept. Still, The Little Engine That Could in me never says die. So as I’m wont to do when I don’t get it – I had some fun with it instead and hopefully my frustration becomes your enjoyment.
dVerse ~ Poets Pub | Meeting the Bar at a Slant
Frankly, I prefer standard rhyme, but this can be greatly stretched, as in some of W. S. Gilbert’s verse.
Including multisyllable rhyme, usually beginning with the stressed syllable.
Multisyllable or not, I’m either a standard rhyme or none at all person. With an honest nod of appreciation to those poets who do it well, this “Slant Rhyme” business is not for me.
ha. i tend to hide my rhyme, slant or otherwise…its mostly internal instead of hte line end which kinda makes it stick out like a sore thumb….
Yeah, I kind of needed the thumbs to be sore this go around. Perhaps the next go at it, I can work it out some more.
Ah.. Yes but you did get the slanted rhyme.. Though it’s fun to stretch it even more.
Thanks Björn. I’ll have to give this another run soon.
Ha! I think you’ve handled it incredibly well–almost all your lines have a near rhyme–it’s kind of a subtle thing, and I think that the resistance expressed in the poem works the slant as well. Great job. Thanks much for trying it out. (You probably use it unconsciously all the time, which is why it is hard to figure out on a conscious level.) K.
Thanks Manic! I think you’re right about being conscious of doing it making it harder to do.
smiles… i hate when i have to count syllables… i rather take the rhymes or slant rhymes as they fall…smiles
I agree Claudia. Syllable counts and especially iambic pentameter are the bane of natural verbal flow.
Not a fan of syllable counting myself, albeit as a MTB dVerse exercise, I do find it easier now than in the past. Like Brian & Claudia, I think internal line rhymes, and near rhymes sneak themselves into many of all our poems, and yours fit the prompt like calf skin driving gloves. Remember, “Resistance is Futile.”
Ha! I am Locutus of form poems. I fully own up to the futile acts of resistance while I write even as I assimilate to a form’s demands. Luckily most of the time it works out. Thanks Glenn.
On the contrary, you understand it very well! 🙂
Thanks Rosemary. This was like learning a dish without a recipe. Throwing it all together and it comes out fine, but I can’t really say how I did it.
that’s me ! I am so uncertain of what slant is. But you seem to have grasped it well.
It’s a tenuous grasp, I’ll tell you that. Thanks Billgncs.
This is very clever. Enjoyed it.
Thank you Cressida.
that’s a fun read and a perfect slant… 🙂
Thanks Sumana, glad you enjoyed it.
Totally cool!
Thanks Shanyns.