Some contemporary poets use rhyme schemes in their sonnets. The rhymes manage to avoid a sing-song or predictable sound, I think, because the lines have a varied beat. When I write sonnet, I prefer to free up the form and dispense with a symmetrical rhyme scheme. The following poem is drawn from a series of sonnets. Out She imagines him with his hands among dishes Or carrying the frail grandfather to the hospital.
Inflection changes meaning.
Tracing his eyebrow with her finger. In her dreams he is trying to tell her Something. Why static appears in motion On a screen. In truth he's halfway Out the window. Air has been known To distort making the horizon Bluer than it actually is.