Feeling averse: Rhyme, once in its prime, is in decline
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Rhyme, once in its prime, is in decline
Readers like it. So why do poets eschew rhyme?
For Jeremy Bentham, a philosopher, poetry was simply writing that “fails” to reach the end of the line. For W.H. Auden, a poet, poetry was that which “makes nothing happen”. Arnold Bennett, a writer,…
This story appeared on economist.com, 2025-05-28 18:41:47.