Rhyme

Rhyme

A rhyme (sometimes spelt rime) is a repetition of similar sounds in two or more words and is most often used in poetry and songs. The word "rhyme" may also refer to a short poem, such as a rhyming couplet or other brief rhyming poem such as nursery rhymes.

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Famous quotes containing the word rhyme:

    “Neither rhyme nor reason can express how much.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “The rhyme of the poet
    Modulates the king’s affairs.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “Come, fix upon me that accusing eye.
    I thirst for accusation. All that was sung.
    All that was said in Ireland is a lie
    Breed out of the contagion of the throng,
    Saving the rhyme rats hear before they die.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)