Has it ever occurred to you,' he said, 'that the whole history of English poetry has been de-termined by the fact that… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
The ring of a false coin is not more recognizable than that of a rhyme setting forth a false sorrow. — Thomas Bailey Aldrich Copy Share Image
Generally speaking, rhyme is the marker for the end of a line. The first rhyme-word is like a challenge thrown down, which… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
If skills sold, truth be told, I'd probably be Lyrically, Talib Kweli Truthfully, I wanna rhyme like Common Sense But I did… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I like rhyme because it is memorable, I like form because having to work to a pattern gives me original ideas. — Anne Stevenson Copy Share Image
I think it is interesting to think about the absolute animal relish young people have for rhythm and rhyme. — Andrew Motion Copy Share Image
Take a woman talking, purging herself with rhymes, drumming words out like a typewriter, planting words in you like grass seed. You'll… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
Ayo, shout out to Mobb Deep, the Extra P Busta Rhymes, De La, the J Beez, so don't sleep — Q-Tip Copy Share Image
I just make [music] for the people that always enjoyed hearing from me. I make it for people that enjoy the energy… — Mic Geronimo Copy Share Image
Did you know that there is no exact rhyme in the Russian language for the word 'pravda'? Ponder and weigh this insufficiency… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
I love rhymes; I love to write a poem about New York and rhyme 'oysters' with 'The Cloisters.' And 'The lady from… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
Ever since roughly 1890, when snot poets first decided that rhyme was confining and unnecessary, every idiot with a pen fancied hisself… — Gene Weingarten Copy Share Image
I will venture to assert, that a just translation of any ancient poet in rhyme is impossible. No human ingenuity can be… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned the hard way that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you start talking about the known knowns and the unknown unknowns, you're thrown into a crazy meta-level discussion. Do I know… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
Living by synchronicity isn't merely about getting messages. It is about growing the poetic consciousness that allows us to taste and touch… — Robert Moss Copy Share Image
At first I was laboring under the impression that Chinese lyrics didn't rhyme. That turned out to be untrue - they don't… — Stephin Merritt Copy Share Image
However, I'm older, wiser, more mature, and can deliver the rhymes in a different way. Because I guess I have a more… — MC Lyte Copy Share Image
There's so many different ways to write a rhyme its stupid man. I don't understand why the majority of the rap game… — Rakim Copy Share Image
Rhyme written in graffiti xeroxed on blueprints, students influenced are now a nuisance. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I could talk all day, T stands for talking, T stands for tender, T stands for things that don't even rhyme with… — Mr. T Copy Share Image
Eminem's rhyme patterns are super dope and he can squeeze a million words in a couple bars. Crazy creative. His voice changes… — Chamillionaire Copy Share Image
It's Christmas time and my rhyme's steady bumpin. Everybody happy, hair still nappy, Gonna steal a gift for my old grandpappy... — Snoop Dogg Copy Share Image
The glorious Dryden, refiner and purifier of English verse, did less for rhyme than he did for metre. — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
I'm tired of love; I'm still more tired of rhyme; but money gives me pleasure all the time. — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
My work is basically images set to my particular voice. It's the way the images rhyme and the rhythm. It's a way… — Frances Stark Copy Share Image
When the vastness of God meets the restriction of our own humanity, words can't hold it. The best we can do is… — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
The earliest English attempts at rhyming probably included words whose agreement is so slight that it deserves the name of mere 'assonance'… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
Too many songs, weak rhymes that's mad long. Make it brief son: half short, twice strong! — GZA Copy Share Image
From dream to dream and rhyme to rhyme I have ranged / In rambling talk with an image of air: / Vague… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll rhyme on the joint and take my verse off it, like 'Nah, it didn't work.' I do that a lot… — The Alchemist Copy Share Image
I'm not just making rhymes and making melodies. I'm expressing my true life force, energy. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In mockery I have set A powerful emblem up, And sing it rhyme upon rhyme In mockery of a time Half dead… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
There is no business like show business. There is also no business like certified public accounting, but that doesn't rhyme as well. — Craig Shaw Gardner Copy Share Image
I prefer assonance and internal rhyme to end rhyme. I mean, the sonnet already looks like a box. Best not to get… — Anna Journey Copy Share Image
Sometimes you make a rhyme or a beat and you're not sure exactly how you made it, but you can appreciate it… — The Alchemist Copy Share Image
In December ring Every day the chimes; Loud the gleemen sing In the streets their merry rhymes. Let us by the fire… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Upon my lips the breath of song, Within my heart a rhyme, Howe'er time trips or lags along, I keep abreast with… — Clinton Scollard Copy Share Image
Lovers to-day and for all time Preserve the meaning of my rhyme: Love is not kindly nor yet grim But does to… — Robert Graves Copy Share Image
I've been writing since I was five years old. I used to write poetry, and I loved to rhyme. — Gabriella Wilson Copy Share Image