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Poetry form: Rhyming Conventions | List of all workshops |
The October 2011 Workshop developed the various ways poets use rhyme to help develop their themes and imagery. Participants discussed ALLITERATION - the repetition of initial consonant sounds, ASSONANCE - the repetition of vowel sounds, and CONSONANCE - the repetition of final consonant sounds. Any of these three devices may be found in APPROXIMATE RHYMES, which include words with any kind of sound similarity. Participants also discussed INTERNAL RHYME (rhyming words within the line) and END RHYME (rhyming words at the ends of lines.)
The main topic for the workshop was the difference between MASCULINE and FEMININE RHYME sounds. Rhyme is MASCULINE when the rhyme sounds involve only one syllable, as in decks and sex, or support and retort. Rhyme is FEMININE when the rhyme sounds involve two or more syllables, as in turtle and fertile, or spitefully anddelightfully. Participants worked on identifying these rhymes and working them into a poem of their choice.