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  2. List of closed pairs of English rhyming words - Wikipedia

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    concoction, decoction (In GA, these rhyme with auction; there is also the YouTube slang word obnoxion, meaning something that is obnoxious.) distinguish , extinguish pneumatic , rheumatic

  3. Rhyme - Wikipedia

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    A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds ... This is sometimes called a misplaced-rhyme scheme or a spoken word rhyme style. Holorime, mentioned above, ...

  4. Hey Diddle Diddle - Wikipedia

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    The numerous theories seeking to explain the rhyme have been largely discredited. James Orchard Halliwell's suggestion that it was a corruption of an ancient Greek chorus was probably passed to him as a hoax by George Burges. [2] [7] Another theory is that it comes from a low Dutch anti-clerical rhyme about priests demanding hard work.

  5. Rhyming dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Dicionário de Rimas, Portuguese-language dictionary of rhymes.. A rhyming dictionary is a specialized dictionary designed for use in writing poetry and lyrics.In a rhyming dictionary, words are categorized into equivalence classes that consist of words that rhyme with one another.

  6. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star - Wikipedia

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    "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" is an English lullaby. The lyrics are from an early-19th-century English poem written by Jane Taylor, "The Star". [1] The poem, which is in couplet form, was first published in 1806 in Rhymes for the Nursery, a collection of poems by Taylor and her sister Ann.

  7. Glossary of poetry terms - Wikipedia

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    A rhyme is the repetition of syllables, typically found at the end of a verse line. Assonance (aka vowel rhyme): the repetition of vowel sounds without repeating consonants. [1] Broken rhyme: a type of enjambment producing a rhyme by dividing a word at the line break of a poem to make a rhyme with the end word of another line

  8. Rhyme scheme - Wikipedia

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    A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or song.It is usually referred to by using letters to indicate which lines rhyme; lines designated with the same letter all rhyme with each other.

  9. Jack and Jill - Wikipedia

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    Most such explanations postdate the first publication of the rhyme and have no corroborating evidence. S. Baring-Gould suggested that the rhyme is related to a story in the 13th-century Icelandic Gylfaginning in which the brother and sister Hjuki and Bil were stolen by the Moon while drawing water from a well, to be seen there to this day. [29]