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[–] cheese_greater 10 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

I mean if it has to rhyme and fit certain meters or rhytmic parameters that can make it far easier to calculate and contrive a pleasing sounding poem with zero regard to the actual intrinsic qualities of the content itself

I use to do it all the time!

[–] thesohoriots 3 points 18 hours ago

A sestina based on the rules is, formally speaking, easy. Ask me to write one that will be studied after centuries, and you’re asking for Petrarch.