RHYME'S CHALLENGE P: Hip Hop, Poetry, And Contemporary Rhyming Culture

__Rhyme's Challenge__ offers a concise, pithy primer to hip-hop poetics while presenting a spirited defense of rhyme in contemporary American poetry. David Caplan's stylish study examines hip-hop's central but supposedly outmoded verbal technique: rhyme. At a time when print-based poets generally dismiss formal rhyme as old-fashioned and bookish, hip-hop artists deftly deploy it as a way to capture the contemporary moment. Rhyme accommodates and colorfully chronicles the most conspicuous conditions and symbols of contemporary society: its products, technologies, and personalities. Ranging from Shakespeare and Wordsworth to Eminem and Jay-Z, David Caplan's study demonstrates the continuing relevance of rhyme to poetry-and everyday life. This Book Makes A Spirited Argument For Hip-hop As An Important Form Of Contemporary American Poetry. It Discusses Hip-hop Artists Such As Eminem, Jay-z, And Kanye West Alongside Canonical Poets Like Shakespeare, Wordsworth, And Auden. This Book Is Penned In An Accessible Style That Will Appeal To General Readers And Students Interested In Hip Hop And/or Contemporary Poetry. It Offers An Overview Of Three Prominent Rhymes Favored By Hip Hop Artists: Doggerel, Insult, And Seduction. Introduction: Because It Rhymes -- Reduced To Rhyme: Contemporary Doggerel -- The Art Of Rhymed Insult -- Making Love In Mirrors: Hip-hop Seduction Verse -- The Inheritors Of Hip Hop: Reclaiming Rhyme -- Conclusion: On The Present And Future Of Rhyme. David Caplan. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 143-169) And Index. Rhyme's Challenge offers a concise, pithy primer to hip-hop poetics while presenting a spirited defense of rhyme in contemporary American poetry. David Caplan's stylish study examines hip-hop's central but supposedly outmoded verbal technique: rhyme. At a time when print-based poets generally dismiss formal rhyme as old-fashioned and bookish, hip-hop artists deftly deploy it as a way to capture the contemporary moment. Rhyme accommodates and colorfully chronicles the most conspicuous conditions and symbols of contemporary society: its products, technologies, and personalities. Ranging from Shakespeare and Wordsworth to Eminem and Jay-Z, David Caplan's study demonstrates the continuing relevance of rhyme to poetry -- and everyday life.