Word: rhyming
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...these readings on August 9, the New England poet, an associate of Adams House, stressed the importance to modern poets of understanding America. At the informal meeting, attended by more than 200 servicemen and their friends, Frost rapped modern free verse and its authors. Dismissing the thought that to rhyme is "frivolous," he stated that "the fascination is in the rhyming." The Vermont, holder of a chair at Dartmouth, said that real poetry according to his ideas, dwells "on the purity of a fact...
...revival also proved, to those who had never known it, that Robin Hood's composer, the late Henry Louis Reginald de Koven, was a good deal more than a convenient rhyme for Beethoven - he was one of the deftest and most ingratiating composers outside the heavyweight class...
...main flaw in the production occurs in the opening scene when milkmaids, villagers, peers, and archers stumble around the crowded stage without rhyme nor reason. However, as soon as the action shifts to Sherwood Forest, "Robin Hood" develops into a delightful blending of songs and smiles...
...Yellowstone Park buffalo as an "American First" mascot saying he doubted that any decent buffalo could "bear such a stigma." The Secretary of the Interior also suggested last fortnight that Hamilton Fish should be "fried not only on one side, but on both." This week Representative Fish sizzled into rhyme...
...distinguished New Englander attacked free verse, terming it something people turn to because "they think it's hivolous to rhyme." "The fascination is in the rhyming," he claimed. "I like to think that nobody knows which word of a pair that rhymes I though up first...