What Roger said (including the disclaimer of being among the "best rhymsters"). I'd just add a note to one of the points he made: one of the pleasures and advantages of writing in form is that the requirements of form (including rhyme) often lead to discoveries one might not otherwise make--an important aspect of letting the poem find its own direction.
I'll risk hissing and quote a free verser (the lines of course are familiar): "Constantly risking absurdity / and death . . . / the poet like an acrobat / climbs on rime
/ to a high wire of his own making . . ."
And of course comic verse--"light" or "serious" (e.g. Byron or Browning)--can exploit the absurdity of surprising rhymes to advantage, the flip side of an infelicitous rhyme ruining an otherwise fine poem.
Cheers,
Jan
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