On Apr 4, 2006, at 4:32 AM, Mark D Lew wrote:
On Apr 4, 2006, at 12:58 AM, Robert C L Watson wrote:
Current commercial (c)rap - not that I can bear to listen to it for
long - is sloppy and irregular in metre, and has either non-rhymes
such as "time" and "fine", or other symptoms of illiteracy.
I love assonance. One of the reasons I have such affection for
today's rap is that it has made the way for creative use of assonance,
so long neglected as a result of formal rules of rhyme which you so
Beckmesserishly allude to.
More generally, what I love about rap is how it explores the beauty of
the spoken language, in a way that one can't achieve with poetry or
music alone.
I am with you here. There are many more ways to create unity and show
affinity between words than a strict rhyme (in which English is
notoriously poor, compared with other languages.) Too much rhyming
sounds hokey to a modern ear, IMHO, and use of assonance is most
definitely not a symptom of illiteracy (though I admit is is possible
that some rappers ARE illiterate.)
Christopher
"There was a young woman named Bea
Who was stung on the arm by a wasp.
When asked, "Does it hurt?"
She replied, "Yes, it does.
I'm just glad it wasn't a hornet!"
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