Why the Sonnet?

[Tathagata]

Well, the person writing it down, can hear the meter. Just count the syllables...

When the pie was o pen'd Six
the birds be gan to sing. Six
Wasn't that a dain ty dish Six
to set be fore the king? Six

The line breaks are clear, it seems.

that was my point
i just wasn't smart enough to articulate it

thanks

 

[champagne1982]

Some of us have lyrics in our rhymed poems and other folks sing them in free verse. Either way, we've all contributed to the beautiful noise, including you ghostie. I love your imagery and story poems, I'm not sad that they don't rhyme.

 

[ghost_girl]

Some of us have lyrics in our rhymed poems and other folks sing them in free verse. Either way, we've all contributed to the beautiful noise, including you ghostie. I love your imagery and story poems, I'm not sad that they don't rhyme.

from me and my froggies

 

[Tarakin]

Around here it's sometimes used as a lesson to take a poem in a language you don't know and try to pronounce it in different moods and voices. It's a nice exercise!