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Howl by Allen Ginsberg for anyone else who didn't know the reference - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49303/howl https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/

• csense 6y ago
  This is poetry? It doesn't rhyme.
  • hprotagonist 6y ago
    There was an old fellow called Hugger, Who was captain and mate of a fishing smack; When a yacht crossed his bows, He said: “My word! It’s an awfully good thing it wasn’t a liner.”
  • Balgair 6y ago
    Poetry hasn't been structured in rhyming stricture for ~150 years or so. In English, Walt Whitman was kinda the first 'famous' person to abandon rhyming and meter [0], and dive into 'free verse'. His Leaves of Grass, revised over his entire life, has numerous examples. Some of his best work is here: https://interestingliterature.com/2017/06/10-of-the-best-walt-whitman-poems-everyone-should-read/ https://interestingliterature.com/2017/06/10-of-the-best-wal... Even centuries after his death, I find his poetry to be some pretty wild stuff. Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul. Fun Fact: Whitman, a staunch anti-authoritarian and overall structure hater, is one of the few English Poets taught in Chinese schools, as he is considered 'a man of the people'. [0] Super crazy debate on who was 'first' here, if that can even be a thing that can be measured.
    • hprotagonist 6y ago
      anglo-saxon poetry is also not interested in end-rhymes. The metric stress and alliteration are the repetitive linguistic features that shape those works, which are the direct ancestors of modern english. Listen! We have heard of the glory of the Spear-Danes in the old days, the kings of tribes—how noble princes showed great courage!