To rhyme or not to rhyme

Is that the question ... i was reading the poems i had written earlier ... was trying to see how far i have come in mastering the arts .. i discovered i have been using only one kind of rhymes only (other than non rhymingg of course) ... i reasearched (google of course) and found that there a lot more rhyming schemes that are there .. few of them which can be used easily are

End Rhymes

I am a big fan of these. Wroks very well in romantic piece of writing. Here are few examples from my poems

Wondering in the spell i am under
whether you will accept my sweet surrender

Left with no choice
Last night darling i missed your voice

End rhymes can also be in alternating lines ... like following just written

love was what i was trying to find
i closed my eyes
it was you who came to my mind
i loooked towards the heaven
and asked why you have become so kind

Internal rhymes

In this rhymes exist in one line

i am alone, darling please come home

If you remember Rhyme of ancient mariner (Coleridge) he has used commbination of internal and end rhymes so beautifully


the fair breeze blew, the white foam flew
the furrow followed free
we were the first that ever burst
into the silent sea

Partial Rhymes

These are when words do not rhyme perfectly
like

breadth/bread
carft/mast

love/prove (this is what i call paper rhyme, looks good on paper but is not rhyme actually)

But the thing is that i dont think so much when i write a poem .. so i dont know whether i am going to use it or not :)

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