rhymed verse. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used without object) : a word that rhymes with orange. ,poetry that rhymes. From Dictionary.com.
A few days after Chantal had been christened, Roald realized her name rhymed with Dahl and renamed her Tessa. From Wordnik.com. [Storyteller] Reference
I can't write what I said, but the word rhymed with. From Wordnik.com. [NHL.com Feature Stories] Reference
He was fond of saying that his name rhymed with “weighty,” not “Wheaties.”. From Wordnik.com. [STAR] Reference
Translations vouchsafe us glimpses of her mastery of technique, even in rhymed verse. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Prize in Literature 1996 - Press Release] Reference
Altogether there are 7302 verses in short rhymed couplets, the rhyme being very imperfect. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent] Reference
A few year ago, I finally heard it pronounced and thought to myself that it was funny that his name rhymed with Dracula. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-02-01] Reference
I was asked if Mark Steyn's last name rhymed with "stain" or "whine.". From Wordnik.com. [The Mark of Steyn: James Wolcott] Reference
When the mobile's name rhymed, participants asked for different extra features. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
Her last name rhymed with "close," and she became testy when people rhymed it with. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference
She even sent out a surrogate to make sure everyone knew that Barack's middle name rhymed Saddam's last name. From Wordnik.com. [Satire: Hillary's New Winning Strategy] Reference
One of our clients, for instance, was one of two very large soft drink companies, and its name rhymed with… "Schmepsi.". From Wordnik.com. [davidrothman.net » Federated Search: long story & short morals] Reference
'341 haunt Parnassus: read poetry. -- ear:' note that in Pope's day this word rhymed with. From Wordnik.com. [The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems] Reference
The original of this rhapsody is also in the Rosg metreit is a kind of rhymed or half rhymed utterance. From Wordnik.com. [St. Patricks Breastplate by Kuno Meyer] Reference
Each clue refers to a two-word rhymed answer. From Wordnik.com. [First Game] Reference
There, I have rhymed it all together, dreamed a poem of humankind. From Wordnik.com. [Sharp Was the Blade: chapter/excert from novel: Found Things] Reference
"Buried out of sight and as hard as stones," came Emma's rhymed rejoinder. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Problem] Reference
Jonson drank and rhymed and revelled in this stateliest of English manor houses. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries] Reference
A great number of rhymed versions of these romances are of the fifteenth century. From Wordnik.com. [A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance] Reference
The "Laetabundus" is in rhymed stanzas; in this it differs from most early proses. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan] Reference
"You haven't forgotten those dishes she cooked for you and rhymed over, have you?". From Wordnik.com. [Heart of Gold] Reference
She liked the tortured sound of the syllables, the way it rhymed with Gethsemane. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of a Lost Girl] Reference
The original "Tartuffe," like the most of Molière's comedies, is written in rhymed verse. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
The two answering and blending into one, in the primitive days, made a rhymed couplet -- one. From Wordnik.com. [Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study] Reference
The formulae of defiance, insult, teasing, etc., rhymed and in prose, offer much of interest. From Wordnik.com. [The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day] Reference
To little Ann's astonishment a riddle popped right into her head -- a rhymed riddle, at that!. From Wordnik.com. [Zodiac Town The Rhymes of Amos and Ann] Reference
Fran resented Frank because his name was too similar to hers, and Ann because their names rhymed. From Wordnik.com. [French Vanilla Death - Prima Parte] Reference
His verse is the rhymed verse, with a fixed number of accents or beats, and a variable number of syllables. From Wordnik.com. [A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance] Reference
Herzog, one of the leading German novelists and poets, was published in rhymed verse in No. 41 of Die Woche. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915] Reference
Barbour's verse is octo-syllabic, forming rhymed couplets; it is the same as Chaucer's in his "Hous of Fame.". From Wordnik.com. [A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance] Reference
But the words "I want a piece of hoecake, etc.," as recorded under the "call," were often rhymed off in song with it. From Wordnik.com. [Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study] Reference
The reader will notice that, where the "call" is in prose, it is always repeated, and thus the line in fancy rhymed with itself. From Wordnik.com. [Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study] Reference
The above dates are enough to disprove the common belief that the heroic drama, rhymed couplet and all, was imported from France. From Wordnik.com. [English literary criticism] Reference
The youths and maidens, no longer dancing to rhymed choruses of love and joy, swung wildly in dances of death among the abandoned corpses. From Wordnik.com. [The Counts of Gruyère] Reference
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