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Which poet is known for playful rhyme schemes?

rhyme

[rahym] / raΙͺm /


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But he says it's also difficult to account for the sales, which appear random with "no rhyme or reason."

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

From certain angles it seems not much bigger than the shoe occupied by the old woman in the nursery rhyme.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Its name is inspired by the nursery rhyme Old Mother Goose, reflecting the idea of an ancient goose emerging from the mud of a fossil deposit.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026

Their lead single “Fabienk” is studded with hair-trigger riffs — if you can even call them that — that mix the playful nursery rhyme melodies of Battles with the no-wave drone of Sonic Youth.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026

In fact the same dash occurs three times throughout the rhyme: here, here and here.”

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

“The parents learn the value of those interactions with their children. The importance of spending time truly talking, not just directive talk … but open-ended questions, using songs and rhymes, storytelling, descriptive language.”

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026

“Altruist’s mission to make financial advice more accessible, more affordable, and help advisers scale their practices, that very much rhymes with what we’re trying to do here at Vanguard,” Ramji said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

The problem with the 2030s is that it rhymes with the 1930s, which was a horrible period for geopolitical crises.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

Dixon's fast-paced rhymes helped the songs stand out on the radio, and she became known for phrases such as "We're coming back strong", "M-I-S-T-double-E-Q", "Away we go" and "Enter!"

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

I said the rhymes but wasn’t really paying attention.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

“The struggles of these ordinary farming folk in rural China really rhymed with what was suddenly happening to farming folk in the U.S.A.,” says Peter Conn, emeritus professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026

It was cheerful and rhymed but lacked oomph.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2025

In 2002, he even made fun of the situation with the self-deprecating I Will Talk And Hollywood Will Listen, in which the title rhymed with the lyric "Mr Spielberg look just what you're missing".

From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2024

There are, in fact, some rather disturbing rhymed couplets, if you will.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2024

And while they argued if Carver rhymed with larva, I saw pictures of my Temptations-whistling, dimpled, smiling father sitting in the RKO movie theater munching on popcorn with his arm around Miss Marva Hendrix’s shoulders.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia

One story is told in rhyming couplets and another is conveyed entirely in images of paw and footprints.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

MS Now‘s Jacob Soboroff played Mamdani the rhyming boast that begin’s “My mayor’s Muslim, my bagel’s Jewish.”

From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026

Until we see persistent, continual job losses over a long period of time across the entire economy, the safe bet is that history is simply rhyming.

From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026

Swenson may be a step slower in this regard, but he plays it perfectly by accentuating the delight Sweeney takes in the merriment of Mrs. Lovett’s perverse rhyming game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026

I took the Bible, pencil, paper, and a rhyming dictionary and tried to write verses for hymns.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright




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