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Thanks and best wishes,
Sarah
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From: D R Ladd [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 07 May 2008 13:09
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Subject: German rhyme
I'm interested in the status of vowel length in rhyme in German poetry. In
lots of Bach chorales you get rhymes like Gott/Not, will/Ziel, Bahn/kann,
etc. Was this regarded as an imperfect rhyme (like, I suppose, the rhyhming
of u-umlaut with i, etc.) or was it entirely OK? Is it still normal (to the
extent that anyone still writes rhyming poetry)? If not, when did it stop
being normal?
If you can point me to answers to these questions I'd be grateful. I tried
German Wikipedia to no avail, but maybe you know of a relevant article in a
print encyclopaedia. Any Hinweise would be useful.
Thanks!
All the best
Bob
PS - I see you are a fellow Leverhulme recipient! I hope you've got as much
out of your time off as I have.
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