Rhyme As Prose

Some people now refer to rhyme as prose That's how they see it one has to suppose Between verse and doggerel the meaning they do miss But then with their sort ignorance is bliss. In the English language of the great poets of all time The majority knew fame from writing rhyme And since rhyme and music together get along Many of their poems became famous in song. The difference between prose and doggerel For anyone should not be hard to tell But those who refer to rhyme as prose well that's a different thing One must wonder do they have music in them for to sing. The changes in literature are happening fast And yet the present is tied to the past And those who refer to rhyming verse as prose Must also think a flower cannot be a rose.