Why It's Hard ('cause ...)

First, you might want to glance at the previous two posts to make sense of this one.

Second, you might want to review this entire weblog (so very nice, thank you, Google! :) ) briefly to get a better sense of What This Is All About.

And Third, you might want to consider this: the physical sound of your poem becomes a lot more important once you start to rhyme.

Not to say that free-verse poems don't sound good. It's just that they don't have to sound "good" to the ear, necessarily, to succeed as a poem.

But euphony becomes crucial when you start to rhyme. Even if you want to make disharmonious sounds with words, you still must consider what sounds good before you make your words sound "bad."

Really good rhyme sounds are both numerous and euphonic. What's euphonic depends on you, naturally. And your aesthetic. And your taste. And your critical ear. And your ... .

All the stuff I've been talking about, in other words. In combination. All at once.

See now why it's hard?