51 Quotes About Rhyming


  • Author Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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    Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience, the poet, like an acrobat, climbs on rhyme to a high wire of his own making.

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  • Author Jean Giraudoux
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    As soon as war is declared it will be impossible to hold the poets back. Rhyme is still the most effective drum.

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  • Author Thom Gunn
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    I work best in rhyme and meter. I was most confident of myself in that way.

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  • Author J. D. Hayworth
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    Those who have heard me speak from time to time know that quite often I cite the observation of that great American author, Mark Twain, who said, history does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.

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  • Author Robert Morgan
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    The fact that something is in a rhymed form or in blank verse will not make it good poetry.

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  • Author Joanna Newsom
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    In high school, we studied a lot of poetical forms. I was really interested in the math that was involved and the strange live break ups. That gave me a great amount of respect for a rhymed stanza.

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  • Author Big Pun
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    The first album was 99 percent hard core to show you I was the best rhymer in the world.

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