When submitting to teenage poetry contests are the poems mostly rhyming?
Not the winky-dink type of poetry contest you’d find in the hallway of your school, the serious scholar-shippy prize-winning type of contest.
Is it often rhyhming, or not rhyming, or both?
Thank you.
Poems never have to rhyme. But Young writers often think they do. So I’d have to assume yes, they mostly rhyme in such contests.
well if you know Poetry you would not be asking, There is a lot of diffrent poems not all poems rhyme, look it upon Google i learned about Poems in grade 8…
but it does sound a little better if you Rhyme and its good.. well to me :P
i dont think there is a right or a wrong answer
look at some of the most famous poems its kinda down the middle some do some dont
but if you write a good poem it shouldnt matter
good luck!
Poetry is about expressing an idea in a way that is representative of the message that you want to get across to the reader (or, in some cases, cleverly disguise). Whether you use rhyme or not is completely up to you and whether you think it adds something important to your poetry.
Sometimes it’s used by people just to make their poem flow in a certain way, or sound nice, but using rhyme (or even not using rhyme) can be used as a powerful tool to convey a certain idea, emotion or context.
For example, if your poetry had a child-like theme, or you wanted to convey a sense of innocence, you could use rhyme to help you do so if you wanted, as it could be used to create the feeling of a nursery rhyme. Likewise, if you were trying to make a different point, you may not want to use rhyme, so that the poem takes on a different, flowing feeling.
Rhyme is definitely something which is optional. You may think it sounds better with, or you may think it sounds better without. Also, you may think rhyme would suit the theme or the language of your poem, or you may think a lack of rhyme would convey your message better.
Either option would be perfectly acceptable in any poetry competition. What they’ll be looking for is whether your choice adds something to your work that perhaps sets it apart from the othe petry they receive.