The Poetry of Predictive Pleasure


Life's not so short
I care to keep
The unhappy days;
I choose to sleep.

When: two iambic beats in each line
What: vowel to rhyme with the "ay" of "days" or the"ee" of "keep"


Why do people prefer poetry with rhyme schemes and meter?
prediction response: the brain rewarding itself for doing such a good job of anticipating stimuli