Hi Jill
I see that Maryann has posed a question to you, but maybe after answering hers you could get round to mine (if you like). First of all, I have to say that your poetry is new to me, and the poems of yours I've read now (the three posted here and eight or so I read on the Web) are brilliant and fun. I love your style! Now to my question...
What is your attitude to formal rhyme schemes? My impression so far is that you don't use them in a strict sense. When you do apply end-rhyme, it seems done, not because you're "forced" to rhyme, but because it sounds good and comes naturally just there. Do you get reactions to that? Do formalists object to your rhymes because they stray from a scheme or mingle slant and true? And how do non-formalists react to your rhymes?
Thank you, Jill, for coming to Eratosphere, and thank you, Jehanne, for a very good interview.
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