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THE ART OF WORDS
CHAPTERS
1. Introduction (Words of wisdom to the author)
2. Rhyme Scheme (Your chosen form of technique)
3. The Simple rhyme (The fluid in the body of the verse)
4. Multiple syllable rhymes (Gives your rhymes variation)
5. Vocabulary (The authors sharpest words)
6. Set up & Punchline (Think first before you move)
7. The Metaphor (Your tool of the trade)
8. Wordplay (The cunning mind)
9. The Personal Punch (Hit the bodies vital points)
10. Keep In Mind (Be wise)
1. INTRODUCTION
*The following is the "Writers Manual", a comprehensive guide built to emphasize the many techniques of the art of rhyme. It is in no way a mold in which to cast your style, for the whole basis of rhyming is based on individuality & uniqueness. Reader should also keep in mind that simply reading the words, will not mean full comprehension once done. Elevation is a time process in which the author finds their certain style or manner. Think of this as a reference, for reflection when or if you should suffer from writer's block, or can't seem to piece that verse together. It is numerically ordered from the basic techniques, to the more advanced ones.
QUOTE
An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate.
~Chateaubriand, Le GĂ©nie du Christianisme, 1802
2. RHYME SCHEME
*The rhyme scheme is the structure & how & where you place the rhymes in your verse. The trick is to know when to end a line & start a new line. In order to achieve this one must take into account their flow & what they intend to say in the verse. You should try to avoid overly stretched lines, if your going to try this you should mind your flow. To short of a line, & you limit the point your trying to make in the bar. Finding your right length is determined if you read & re-read your verse, find a rhythm & try to avoid one word rhymes at the end of each bar.
Example of a stretched line:
You cats ain't trendy, I'll rip through to your thorax just to see if ya 'hip' enough,
Try to keep it short & simple, as I stress in this guide you want to make the complex appear simple.
& when revising ones verse for rhyme scheme, keep notice of when you should breath & use proper punctuation.
3. THE SIMPLE RHYME
*The basic scheme in each & every verse, the heart of the flow.
Perfect rhyme: Term refers to the immediately recognizable norm: true/blue, mountain/fountain.
Imperfect rhyme: Term referring to rhymes that are close but not exact: lap/shape, glorious/nefarious.
Eye rhyme: Based on similarity of spelling rather than sound. Often these are highly conventional, and reflect historical changes in pronunciation: love/move/prove, why/envy.
Rich rhyme: A word rhymes with its homonym: blue/blew, guessed/guest.
Assonant rhyme: Rhyming with similar vowels, different consonants: dip/limp, man/prank.
Consonant rhyme: Rhyming with similar consonants, different vowels: limp/lump, bit/bet.
Scarce rhyme: Rhyming on words with limited rhyming alternatives: wisp/lisp, motionless/ocean less.
Macaronic rhyme: Macaronic verse uses more than one language, as in medieval lyrics with Latin refrains. Macaronic rhyme is also bilingual: glory/pro patria mori, sure/kreatur, queasy/civilisé.
If done correctly & one masters each of the rhyming styles, the word range & flow becomes elevated with a vaster arsenal of vocabulary.
4. MULTIPLE SYLLABLE RHYMES
*Seen as the back bone of ones verse, it helps carry your flow & gives that extra punch in your punchlines. The skill of multi's is something you can not comprehend before getting over the simple one word rhyme. If done with thought ones rhyming potential is heightened in the trade. Done in rapid succession with free flow it alludes the ear to thinking it's hearing perfect rhymes, when in actuality it is a mixture of all "The simple rhyme" styles at your disposal.
For example a 3 syllable multi would look like:
Mash-ya-staff / crack ya calf / a** in half / laughin fast / packing stash / cash won't last /
.....1....2.....3........1.....2.....3......1....2 ....3.....1....2....3......1.....2.....3.........1 .......2........3......
Raisin answers that raise skepticism,
For if we die, then whats left to livin?
They covet the grail & kept it hidden,
Battling our demons like an exorcism,
^the multis here are: skepticism / left to livin / kept it hidden & exorcism
-notice how not one syllable is not a perfect rhyme, yet the illusion of it is present.
If one should get stuck when writing a rhyme & you can't seem to think up a word to rhyme with it, think of a synonym which has more rhyming roots & capabilities.
5. VOCABULARY
*Vocab is your choice of words & how you choose to say it, believe it or not, a word change or two in ones verse, could either make or break it. It could strengthen that bar or weaken it, it could make a solid punchline or a hollow punchline. It is a key tool in the crafts of the writer, at times it could convey that right emotion you we're willing to exploit, at times it could falter. One may use it to shorten that line or bar & help bring your flow to an even pace. Think of other ways you could say a line. For example:
The eyes send signals to the brain to comprehend color <-sounds decent
If one simply changes a couple words it sounds better when coming off the tongue:
Eyes signal the optic chasm to explain shades
^The line gets shortened & you still manage to say what you wanna say with more flow & complexity
A handy craft you would probably want to utilize, is the use of a thesaurus when creating a verse.
Say out loud the lines till they sound satisfactory. Your intent is to not make the reader or audience stumble on pace as you go through your rhyme.
.
.
6. SET UP & PUNCHLINE
*Setting up a punchline is the basis of a battle verse, the trick is to make the transition seem effortless. The more fluid it is set up, the stronger the punchline becomes. Although some set ups seem basic it is the art of making something complex appear much more simpler than it really is.
Hit ya wit a sleight scrawl; Take this win from under his clutch,
Tear his intestine out & be like...next time come wit some 'guts',
The set up is the line before the bolded line, best effective when you relate the 1st line with the 2nd the more relevance it has to your opponent the harder it becomes. Try to avoid abstract words & forced multis. The best way to go about writing a set up bar is to know what the 2nd line is going to say before
the 1st. Then you just work around it. Kind of like working backwards
QUOTE
"Know your second step, before taking that first"
7. THE METAPHOR
A figure of speech in which two things are compared, usually by saying one thing is another, or by substituting a more descriptive word for the more common or usual word that would be expected. Some examples of metaphors: the world's a stage, he was a lion in battle, drowning in debt, and a sea of troubles.
*The metaphor is one of the key techniques a writer uses in order to bring into perspective or better say a point that they make. It is commonly heard in life, you probably hear them everyday. It is the trick to change up the meaning to suit your situation.
For Example: "Blow my mind" is a daily phrase
For a certain situation, one was facing a member of the crew "bomb squad", notice how the metaphor gets tied in & becomes a new meaning:
Show dis swine, ya crew opened shop? I guess its closin time,
'Bomb squad' diffuses s**t...so how ya gonna 'blow' my mind,
One should avoid getting too complicated with the words he's using in order to achieve the metaphor, for the more descriptive your line gets, the more it seems like your trying to hard to get the point across.
The key point in the technique of the metaphor is subtle complexity.
8. WORD PLAY
*If anything, it's the hardest technique to master when crafting a verse. It requires quick thinking & imagination. Word play is literally a technique in which the nature of the words used themselves become part of the subject of the work. Usually with the acts of; Puns, obscure words and meanings, clever rhetorical excursions, oddly formed sentences, and telling character names are common examples of word play.
For Example: If one broke down the word "Excel" down to syllable form it becomes "X-L" from their, use this wordplay to form a punchline or certain line for that verse. Notice how this word play is applied to this line:
Cuz If **** wore an extra large T-shirt...he still couldn't 'X-L',
If their is anything that I could tell you when working on your wordplay, it is to simply:
"Think outside the box", think of something that hasn't been perceived like that & bend it's meaning.
QUOTE
"Words can be bent & contorted to mean anything,
thats why the Art of Words is so flexible"
9. THE PERSONAL PUNCH
*The personal punchline will vary in its form based on the opponent one is facing. If applied with the right
technique, it could easily become one of your strongest punches. When attempting to concoct one up, one must factor the different angles in which the personal punch could work.
Some of the commonly hit areas in the personal punch are:
User name/Alias, member status, record, crew/affiliates, avatar, sig, & past or previous incidents.
The type of material you utilize in battle with the personal punch will be based on what your challenger gives you to work with in terms of these factors.
By voter opinion the user name personal is perceived as the strongest of the variations. So for example per say one encountered an alias under the name of "Kane", if one applies the technique of word play the homonym for Kane is 'Cane'...a stick to keep balance during walking. If utilized with a metaphorical phrase, one creates a solid form of punchline, which hits harder because it uses the arts of wordplay, metaphor & personal. For example, it may turn out like:
A 'Canes' for walking...so it's obvious he ain't 'runnin' this s**t...
Notice how with the use of wordplay the punchline takes on a whole new form, thus making the end solution with a solid personal punch. One should keep in mind that it requires quick thought, & is honed over many battles & encounters.
10. KEEP IN MIND
I hope this guide will help you if you ever should turn to it for future reference.
Keep in mind...practice makes perfect, skill grows with time, & wisdom comes with age.
Every time you go to write a verse, try to become as original as ever, & compare your last battle or piece to your recent & try to write better in every aspect compared to your previous. This is true elevation.
.
THE ART OF WORDS
CHAPTERS
1. Introduction (Words of wisdom to the author)
2. Rhyme Scheme (Your chosen form of technique)
3. The Simple rhyme (The fluid in the body of the verse)
4. Multiple syllable rhymes (Gives your rhymes variation)
5. Vocabulary (The authors sharpest words)
6. Set up & Punchline (Think first before you move)
7. The Metaphor (Your tool of the trade)
8. Wordplay (The cunning mind)
9. The Personal Punch (Hit the bodies vital points)
10. Keep In Mind (Be wise)
1. INTRODUCTION
*The following is the "Writers Manual", a comprehensive guide built to emphasize the many techniques of the art of rhyme. It is in no way a mold in which to cast your style, for the whole basis of rhyming is based on individuality & uniqueness. Reader should also keep in mind that simply reading the words, will not mean full comprehension once done. Elevation is a time process in which the author finds their certain style or manner. Think of this as a reference, for reflection when or if you should suffer from writer's block, or can't seem to piece that verse together. It is numerically ordered from the basic techniques, to the more advanced ones.
QUOTE
An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate.
~Chateaubriand, Le GĂ©nie du Christianisme, 1802
2. RHYME SCHEME
*The rhyme scheme is the structure & how & where you place the rhymes in your verse. The trick is to know when to end a line & start a new line. In order to achieve this one must take into account their flow & what they intend to say in the verse. You should try to avoid overly stretched lines, if your going to try this you should mind your flow. To short of a line, & you limit the point your trying to make in the bar. Finding your right length is determined if you read & re-read your verse, find a rhythm & try to avoid one word rhymes at the end of each bar.
Example of a stretched line:
You cats ain't trendy, I'll rip through to your thorax just to see if ya 'hip' enough,
Try to keep it short & simple, as I stress in this guide you want to make the complex appear simple.
& when revising ones verse for rhyme scheme, keep notice of when you should breath & use proper punctuation.
3. THE SIMPLE RHYME
*The basic scheme in each & every verse, the heart of the flow.
Perfect rhyme: Term refers to the immediately recognizable norm: true/blue, mountain/fountain.
Imperfect rhyme: Term referring to rhymes that are close but not exact: lap/shape, glorious/nefarious.
Eye rhyme: Based on similarity of spelling rather than sound. Often these are highly conventional, and reflect historical changes in pronunciation: love/move/prove, why/envy.
Rich rhyme: A word rhymes with its homonym: blue/blew, guessed/guest.
Assonant rhyme: Rhyming with similar vowels, different consonants: dip/limp, man/prank.
Consonant rhyme: Rhyming with similar consonants, different vowels: limp/lump, bit/bet.
Scarce rhyme: Rhyming on words with limited rhyming alternatives: wisp/lisp, motionless/ocean less.
Macaronic rhyme: Macaronic verse uses more than one language, as in medieval lyrics with Latin refrains. Macaronic rhyme is also bilingual: glory/pro patria mori, sure/kreatur, queasy/civilisé.
If done correctly & one masters each of the rhyming styles, the word range & flow becomes elevated with a vaster arsenal of vocabulary.
4. MULTIPLE SYLLABLE RHYMES
*Seen as the back bone of ones verse, it helps carry your flow & gives that extra punch in your punchlines. The skill of multi's is something you can not comprehend before getting over the simple one word rhyme. If done with thought ones rhyming potential is heightened in the trade. Done in rapid succession with free flow it alludes the ear to thinking it's hearing perfect rhymes, when in actuality it is a mixture of all "The simple rhyme" styles at your disposal.
For example a 3 syllable multi would look like:
Mash-ya-staff / crack ya calf / a** in half / laughin fast / packing stash / cash won't last /
.....1....2.....3........1.....2.....3......1....2 ....3.....1....2....3......1.....2.....3.........1 .......2........3......
Raisin answers that raise skepticism,
For if we die, then whats left to livin?
They covet the grail & kept it hidden,
Battling our demons like an exorcism,
^the multis here are: skepticism / left to livin / kept it hidden & exorcism
-notice how not one syllable is not a perfect rhyme, yet the illusion of it is present.
If one should get stuck when writing a rhyme & you can't seem to think up a word to rhyme with it, think of a synonym which has more rhyming roots & capabilities.
5. VOCABULARY
*Vocab is your choice of words & how you choose to say it, believe it or not, a word change or two in ones verse, could either make or break it. It could strengthen that bar or weaken it, it could make a solid punchline or a hollow punchline. It is a key tool in the crafts of the writer, at times it could convey that right emotion you we're willing to exploit, at times it could falter. One may use it to shorten that line or bar & help bring your flow to an even pace. Think of other ways you could say a line. For example:
The eyes send signals to the brain to comprehend color <-sounds decent
If one simply changes a couple words it sounds better when coming off the tongue:
Eyes signal the optic chasm to explain shades
^The line gets shortened & you still manage to say what you wanna say with more flow & complexity
A handy craft you would probably want to utilize, is the use of a thesaurus when creating a verse.
Say out loud the lines till they sound satisfactory. Your intent is to not make the reader or audience stumble on pace as you go through your rhyme.
.
.
6. SET UP & PUNCHLINE
*Setting up a punchline is the basis of a battle verse, the trick is to make the transition seem effortless. The more fluid it is set up, the stronger the punchline becomes. Although some set ups seem basic it is the art of making something complex appear much more simpler than it really is.
Hit ya wit a sleight scrawl; Take this win from under his clutch,
Tear his intestine out & be like...next time come wit some 'guts',
The set up is the line before the bolded line, best effective when you relate the 1st line with the 2nd the more relevance it has to your opponent the harder it becomes. Try to avoid abstract words & forced multis. The best way to go about writing a set up bar is to know what the 2nd line is going to say before
the 1st. Then you just work around it. Kind of like working backwards
QUOTE
"Know your second step, before taking that first"
7. THE METAPHOR
A figure of speech in which two things are compared, usually by saying one thing is another, or by substituting a more descriptive word for the more common or usual word that would be expected. Some examples of metaphors: the world's a stage, he was a lion in battle, drowning in debt, and a sea of troubles.
*The metaphor is one of the key techniques a writer uses in order to bring into perspective or better say a point that they make. It is commonly heard in life, you probably hear them everyday. It is the trick to change up the meaning to suit your situation.
For Example: "Blow my mind" is a daily phrase
For a certain situation, one was facing a member of the crew "bomb squad", notice how the metaphor gets tied in & becomes a new meaning:
Show dis swine, ya crew opened shop? I guess its closin time,
'Bomb squad' diffuses s**t...so how ya gonna 'blow' my mind,
One should avoid getting too complicated with the words he's using in order to achieve the metaphor, for the more descriptive your line gets, the more it seems like your trying to hard to get the point across.
The key point in the technique of the metaphor is subtle complexity.
8. WORD PLAY
*If anything, it's the hardest technique to master when crafting a verse. It requires quick thinking & imagination. Word play is literally a technique in which the nature of the words used themselves become part of the subject of the work. Usually with the acts of; Puns, obscure words and meanings, clever rhetorical excursions, oddly formed sentences, and telling character names are common examples of word play.
For Example: If one broke down the word "Excel" down to syllable form it becomes "X-L" from their, use this wordplay to form a punchline or certain line for that verse. Notice how this word play is applied to this line:
Cuz If **** wore an extra large T-shirt...he still couldn't 'X-L',
If their is anything that I could tell you when working on your wordplay, it is to simply:
"Think outside the box", think of something that hasn't been perceived like that & bend it's meaning.
QUOTE
"Words can be bent & contorted to mean anything,
thats why the Art of Words is so flexible"
9. THE PERSONAL PUNCH
*The personal punchline will vary in its form based on the opponent one is facing. If applied with the right
technique, it could easily become one of your strongest punches. When attempting to concoct one up, one must factor the different angles in which the personal punch could work.
Some of the commonly hit areas in the personal punch are:
User name/Alias, member status, record, crew/affiliates, avatar, sig, & past or previous incidents.
The type of material you utilize in battle with the personal punch will be based on what your challenger gives you to work with in terms of these factors.
By voter opinion the user name personal is perceived as the strongest of the variations. So for example per say one encountered an alias under the name of "Kane", if one applies the technique of word play the homonym for Kane is 'Cane'...a stick to keep balance during walking. If utilized with a metaphorical phrase, one creates a solid form of punchline, which hits harder because it uses the arts of wordplay, metaphor & personal. For example, it may turn out like:
A 'Canes' for walking...so it's obvious he ain't 'runnin' this s**t...
Notice how with the use of wordplay the punchline takes on a whole new form, thus making the end solution with a solid personal punch. One should keep in mind that it requires quick thought, & is honed over many battles & encounters.
10. KEEP IN MIND
I hope this guide will help you if you ever should turn to it for future reference.
Keep in mind...practice makes perfect, skill grows with time, & wisdom comes with age.
Every time you go to write a verse, try to become as original as ever, & compare your last battle or piece to your recent & try to write better in every aspect compared to your previous. This is true elevation.
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