pfff yeah the forced rhyme thing is a product of what schools are teaching early on, I think. Teach more contemporary poetry and that problem will likely stop. That's also unfortunate that that was your experience taking creative writing in college. My experience was so different, even as an undergrad. I went to the University of Minnesota mostly, and I just had a fantastic experience. Small, engaged classes. That is probably what drew me to get my MFA. I wanted more of that environment, and that's what I got. Those 2 years studying poetry (and writing in general) so closely changed my life, and were beautiful and heavily impact my life all the time, still.