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  2. Sonnet 126 - Wikipedia

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    Although known as "Sonnet 126", this poem is not formally a sonnet in the strict sense, and is one of only two poems in the series (the other being Sonnet 99) which do not conform to Shakespeare's typical rhyme scheme. Instead of 14 lines rhyming abab cdcd efef gg, the poem is composed of six couplets (aa bb cc dd ee ff).

  3. Rhyming dictionary - Wikipedia

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    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. They also typically support several different kinds of rhymes and possibly also alliteration as well.

  4. Rhyme - Wikipedia

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    A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds (usually the exact same phonemes) in the final stressed syllables and any following syllables of two or more words. Most often, this kind of rhyming (perfect rhyming) is consciously used for a musical or aesthetic effect in the final position of lines within poems or songs. [1]

  5. There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe - Wikipedia

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    Irish folklorist Tomás MacCormaic suggests that the rhyme is a celebration of the Land Goddess (Mother Nature) and is a play on the Old Irish word 'Sidhbhrog', which translates as 'Fairy House'. The Irish word for Fairies is 'Sidhe', while 'Brog' translates as both 'House' and 'Shoe'. Albert Jack has proposed a political origin for the rhyme.

  6. Perfect and imperfect rhymes - Wikipedia

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    Perfect rhyme (also called full rhyme, exact rhyme, [1] or true rhyme) is a form of rhyme between two words or phrases, satisfying the following conditions: [2] [3] The stressed vowel sound in both words must be identical, as well as any subsequent sounds. For example, the words kit and bit form a perfect rhyme, as do spaghetti and already. [4] [5]

  7. Sticks and Stones - Wikipedia

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    An article in The Tiverton Gazette and East Devon Herald on March 13, 1866, references "the old school rhyme": Sticks and stones will break our bones But calling names, wont hurt us. [1] The phrase also appeared in 1872, where it is presented as advice in Tappy's Chicks: and Other Links Between Nature and Human Nature, by Mrs. George Cupples. [3]

  8. Glossary of literary terms - Wikipedia

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    A kind of rhyme in which the spellings of paired words appear to match but without true correspondence in pronunciation; e.g. "dive/give", "said/maid", "bear/dear". Some were originally true rhymes but have become eye rhymes through changes in pronunciation; these are sometimes called historical rhymes. [35

  9. Glossary of poetry terms - Wikipedia

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    It has only 2 rhymes, with the opening words used twice as an un-rhyming refrain at the end of the 2nd and 3rd stanzas. Virelai; Found poem: a prose text or texts reshaped by a poet into quasi-metrical lines. Haiku: a type of short poem, originally from Japan, consisting of three lines in a 5, 7, 5 syllable pattern. [2]