So that's editors, teachers, and FV poets, but not plain folks, as I see it.
That's right, Maryann.
The resistance to rhyme (and traditional devices in general) originates in the universities, where any poetry older than last century is considered to be fatally infected with colonialist ideas. And so, anyone writing today and using such devices must be a closet colonialist, whose work should be ignored.
The non-academic reading public generally adore rhyme.
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