I don’t know if I’ve ever gotten over my childhood pleasure with rhyme. Until I was twenty one, I wrote the majority of my poems in received forms. I used rhyme extensively. This has helped me be mindful of rhythm and the potential for rhyme in a way I don’t think would be as natural for someone who has written primarily in unrhymed free verse. I still write occasionally in received forms, especially the sonnet. 

As rhyme is used less frequently in poetry, and in our culture in general, it becomes increasingly difficult to employ it successfully. What is a successful use of rhyme? One in which the rhyme seems to fall naturally in its place, and still give the pleasure of surprise. An unsuccessful use is when the lines are awkwardly arranged to agree with the rhyme scheme. 

I have noticed some contemporary poets do moderately well with rhyme schemes until the final end rhyme, because there is suddenly no more room for enjambment. For myself, I would rather write a poem with internal or occasional rhyme, than adopt a form that causes the poem to have an awkward final line.