minstrel: Re: possible misuse of list and some on-topic stuff

J.A.McGowan jam at goshawk.clara.co.uk
Mon Mar 22 11:14:43 PST 1999


At 09:14 AM 3/22/99 -0800, Fred (Flieg) Hollander wrote:

  Also, how resistent are you in your writings to 
>false rhymes?  I've been doing a number of them recently and have come to
some
>conclusions, but would like to hear of other people's experience with the
form.
>
Haven't written a rondel in ages; however, I was taught about rhymes in
French poetry, which classes them as rich, sufficient, or "flat," depending
on how much of the word rhymes with its schematic predecessor.  "Flat"
rhymes aren't posh, but they work.  Do you know, I never bothered to learn
the rules in English?

That Damned Scot, ycleot Sela mac'aPhearsoin chloinn chatain.



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