• @cheese_greater@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I mean if it has to rhyme and fit certain meters or rhytmic parameters that can make it far easier to calculate and contrive a pleasing sounding poem with zero regard to the actual intrinsic qualities of the content itself

    I use to do it all the time!

    • @thesohoriots@lemmy.world
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      34 months ago

      A sestina based on the rules is, formally speaking, easy. Ask me to write one that will be studied after centuries, and you’re asking for Petrarch.