Here's one more thought about writing, and choosing rhymes.

I have had the experience of writing a line I really loved, and then trying to rhyme it. I go through every rhyme I can think of, I go through the rhyming dictionary, I struggle to find "near" rhymes, and not one of them seems to fit. I can't seem to formulate a sentence that flows, and that ends in a single one of the available rhyming choices.

At that point, I can force a line to work, or throw out the line I love and start over. If I'm smart, I break what I have and start all over again, moving stuff around.

Sometimes I can save it by taking the strong first line, and making it the end of the verse, and putting a weaker rhyme (or a decent lead-in) at the beginning. I try to save it if I can, but if the right rhyme isn't there, it isn't there.

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