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Show NO RIME FOR THEM. Words in the Language to Be Avoided by Poets. The amateur poet scratched his head. "It must bo somewhere," ho murmured, mur-mured, "but where Is it?" "Where Is what?" asked his friend. "Why, I'm writing a verse and I want a rime, but I can't find it. I want a rime for the word 'twelfth.' " "Good reason," replied his friend, "there's no such rime In the English language. That isn't the only unrlmcd word. According to Tom Hood thprc are Just a scoro of them, although he forgot to Include that word. His list Includes bilge, chimney, coif, crimson, culm, cusp, fugue, gulf, have, kiln, microcosm, month, mouth (verb), oblige, rhomb, scarce, scarf, sliver, widow, and window. Some of these words may be rimed by two others combined, such as did, oh, for widow, but none can be rimed with another single word." |
