Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes...

Blair Boleyn

Blair has published poetry extensively. She says its themes are “often infused with a magical, occasionally Arthurian twist.”

“.A Chateau of Vice” will amuse readers with the sheer fun one can have in writing a poem where each line appears — at first glance — to end with the same rhyme.

But the poem actually challenges the readers to find the rhymes. Keep in mind the different types:

A rich rhyme duplicates one or more vowels and two or more consonants, e.g. “theft” and “heft” or “redress and “undress.”
A sufficient rhyme duplicates a vowel and a single consonant, e.g. “rhyme” and “time”
A sight rhyme may or may not have the same sound, e.g. “rhyme” and “thyme.”
An assonance duplicates a vowel only.

Now, how many rhymes of each type can be found in “A Chateau of Vice”? Is there any case where there’s no rhyme at all?

Blair Boleyn’s bio sketch can be found here.

Welcome to Bewildering Stories, Blair. We’re glad to have you with us.