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N0rm-Hu11 t1_iubxgew wrote

Written words still matter Your eyes read the word splatter This is mad as a hatter Served this post up on a platter Comment karma getting fatter

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bigchampa69 t1_iucb1g2 wrote

reminded me of a verse from my mind spray

"Made fools scatter, rhymes fatter, minds splatter"

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Beanpie620 OP t1_iubxr90 wrote

Oh I was thinking they don’t have an inner monologue and just see the words in their head. I guess they could see word spelled similarly might rhyme or something.

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N0rm-Hu11 t1_iubxyxo wrote

Depends, but even people born deaf were probably taught about rhyming structure in an English class somewhere. Degenerative hearing loss wouldn’t take your inner monologue away though

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Big-Sleep-9261 t1_iudatau wrote

You can rhyme in sign language: “ASL poetry is a literary form that evolved from the art of sign-language storytelling. Like English oral poetry, signed performance poetry uses the conventions of repetition, rhyme, alliteration, rhythm, and meter to construct linguistic patterns that add emphasis, meaning, and structure to word forms.”

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sojournandinsight t1_iubyemm wrote

Not all deaf people are 100% deaf. Those who can speak especially will be able to appreciate rhyme. Just because they can't hear the external world doesn't mean they can't hear their internal world.

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aaronwcampbell t1_iubyz04 wrote

Hmm, I wonder....as they learn to read, it seems likely they'd pick up on similar word endings and learn the idea, from the definition if nothing else.

Spelling and pronunciation discrepancies would likely mean their definition of rhyming would be slightly different from a hearing person's. For example, they might agree with you that can, ban, fan, and man rhyme. But they might feel that bough, rough, and slough rhyme while you would not. And they'd probably be confused about why you'd think that why, high, and Thai could rhyme.

I think they'd have a similar difficulty with meter. They could learn to recognize spellings that indicate syllables, and perhaps with a visual-phonetic cue (such as a light that changes intensity with volume, and color with pitch) they could get the idea. But it might be difficult.

That's all pure conjecture though; I'd love to have a person who is deaf share their experiences!

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ReaperScythee t1_iuc5syu wrote

I think there's sign language poems where the hand gestures are similar.

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