Writing tip needed

Does anyone know how to avoid forced rhyming because many people who reviewed my works have said I used too much forced rhyming.

Also......I find it a big trouble to write free style.It seems like half hearted work with no effort.Rhyming seems more comfortable and challenging.

Please enlighten.

Hey Gun ^^ Sorry I'm late in replying xD It was late yesterday, so I didn't get a chance until this morning.

Well, when I review poetry I usually tell people to choose meaning over rhyme. When I got my reviews back from my first poetry attempts, they told me that my rhyme scheme was forced, also.

Solution?

Well, when you write poetry that rhymes, you have to make sure your meaning and your rhyme actually fit.

So, here's some random example I made up:


Pretty flowers
all over the place;
floating with the breeze,
and brushing my face.

I wonder you're made of
Are you made of magic?
Your stems are really long
if you died it would be tragic.

Notice how in the first stanza, the rhyme scheme isn't that forced. The meaning is still there and the words actually fit and relate. In the second stanza, however, the poem started following the rhyme. "Tragic" was only used because it rhymed with "magic".

You need to be careful about that.

I'd suggest listening to music while doing free form or saying it out loud. The words should just come to you and you'll make a little rhythm in your own head.

-Shina

Shina pretty much has it. ^^ When it comes to avoiding rhymes, when the word fits the stanza and line it works, but when it doesn't the rhyme looks forced.

Take "Fly" by Hilary Duff:

"Can you hear it calling
Can you feel it in your soul?
Can you trust this longing
and take control?"

Notice how the first and third, along with the second and fourth, lines rhyme. The stanza itself doesn't feel forced. Why? The lines make sense on their own, outside the rhyme scheme.

Hope this helps. ^^

~Rosey