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Unread 08-16-2013, 01:11 AM
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A rhyme scheme with no content has no esthetic value.

AABB is to ABAB as 4/4/4/2 is to 8/6/2.

Put more succinctly, it is nonsense to ask: What is your most and least preferred rhyme scheme?

Unless, of course, this is simply a popularity poll such as: How many reading this thread are wearing a red tie?

I am tempted to quote from the abovementioned William H. Gass book, from the essay I happen to be reading just now:

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The detachment it is sometimes necessary to exercise in order to disentangle esthetic qualities from others is often resented. It is frequently considered a good thing if moral outrage makes imbeciles of us.

Last edited by Janice D. Soderling; 08-16-2013 at 01:43 AM. Reason: Afterthought
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