#3 (Musical Rhyme and Poetic Connections)

So, I was listening to the latest hit on the radio featuring Justin Timberlake, and instead of mindlessly appreciating the beat throughout, I found myself commenting on the lyricism. This is not an atypical action for me, since I am such a music lover and I listen to way too many songs each day. However, this particular instance amused me greatly. I found myself judging the "goodness" of the respective rhymes in the song. Some slant rhymes surprised me, and I gave them a respectable nod, but others simply let me down because of their predictability. I have found myself doing this with poems too, especially in my own since I don't fancy myself to be that good at rhyme yet. I have realized that learning to obtain a good ear is critical to being able to write excellent poetry. This pertains whether or not the poem rhymes, because it needs to have a good sound overall in order to be widely accepted. Poetry has developed from being spoken and sung aloud. I think a very large part of me is attracted to poetry because of this intense musical connection. If I can learn to harness the sounds and arrange them beautifully, could I not master the true meaning of poetry?