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The last sentence of every paragraph benefits from an interline rhyme.
Even as a kid, I always wanted the most words to rhyme. Say I saw a word like “transcendalistic tendencies.” I would write it out on a piece of paper— trans-cend-a-lis-tic ten-den-cies—and underneath I’d line a word up with each syllable: and bend all mystic sentence trees. Even if it didn’t make sense, that’s the kind of drill I would do to... See more
Beyond the sense of a word is its sensuousness: its sound, its cadence, its spirit. The sounds of peach and mango differ, letting you play in different ways with surrounding words. In turning a phrase, we want the words to build like a jazz riff, with the melodies of one word playing off the melodies of the others.
Constance Hale • Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wicked Good Prose
