Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!vax135!ariel!hou5f!orion!houca!hogpc!houxm!5941ux!houxf!govern From: govern@houxf.UUCP Newsgroups: net.poems Subject: Re: Form in Poetry Message-ID: <346@houxf.UUCP> Date: Mon, 27-Jun-83 21:48:02 EDT Article-I.D.: houxf.346 Posted: Mon Jun 27 21:48:02 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 1-Jul-83 06:42:31 EDT References: uwvax.945 Lines: 6 Glenn Reid complains about the lack of structure in poetry, especially rhyme scheme, stanzas, etc. If you read the introduction to Paradise Lost, you'll see Milton complaining that too many people equate poetry with rhyme. He's really heavy on rhythm, flow of images, literary allusions to the point of tedium, but his poetry is much more readable than it would be if he had forced it to rhyme.