What is compelling about good rhyme? Whats the relationship between rhyme and poetry?
Rhyme contributes to the rhythmic impact of verse. It helps to create the music and emphasizes particular words in surprising new contexts. Rhyme also serves as a mnemonic aid, enabling us to internalize the verse. Rhyme is merely a poetic “tool,” a means to achieve certain verbal effects. Poetry is the most heightened form of verbal communication. At its most transcendent, it not only reflects experience but also creates new meaning and understanding. Q: What made Dr. Seuss books so popular and timeless? A: The sheer joyful exuberance of his verse, and the pleasure of inhabiting the wacky, alternative universes he creates through the melding of text and illustrations. His unstoppable imagination and spirit of anarchy—the sense that anything can happen. Q: Do you write? Where do your characters come from? A: I only aspire to write, and have the greatest admiration for those with the courage and persistence to “just do it.” I do keep a journal in which I jot down sketches of people I kn
