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Tuesday, December 16, 2008

rhming words (2)

'ice' dice, ice, lice, mice, nice, price, riche, slice, spice, twice, advice.
'ick' brick, chick, click, flick, kick, lick, pick, quick, sick, slick, stick, thick, trick, tick, wick.
'id' did, grid, hid, kid, lid, rid, slid, squid, forbid.
'ide' bride, glide, guide, hide, pride, ride, slide, side, stride, tide, wide, decide.
'ight' bright, flight, fight, fright, height, light, might, night, right, sight, slight, tight.
'ile' file, mile, Nile, pile, smile, tile, while.
'ill' chill, dill, drill, grill, hill, kill, mill, pill, sill, skill, spill, still, thrill, will.
'in' bin, chin, fin, in, grin, pin, shin, sin, skin, spin, thin, twin, tin, win, begin, within.
'ind' bind, blind, find, grind, kind, mind, rind, wind.
'ine' dine, fine, line, mine, nine, pine, shine, spine, vine, wine.
'ing' bring, cling, fling, king, ping, ring, sing, spring, sting, string, swing, thing, wing, wring.
'ink' blink, drink, ink, link, pink, rink, shrink, sink, stink, think, wink.
'ip' chip, clip, dip, drip, flip, grip, hip, rip,ship, skip, sip, slip, tip, trip, whip.
'it' bit, fit, hit, it, kit, knit, lit, mitt, pit, quit, sit, skit, spit, split, wit, admit

rhyming words list

Word Families and Rhyme Words

-at
-ig
-un
-et
-ot
cat fat rat at bat Nat pat sat hat mat vat chat brat flat gnat scat slat spat that Jack Sprat, acrobat, rat-a-tat-tat
big pig dig fig jig wig gig rig sprig swig twig
bun fun gun nun run sun / son pun shun spun stun ton done none won one son ton begun
bet pet set net met get jet let wet yet vet fret Brett Juliet sweat threat debt
hot pot not lot cot got rot dot jot tot blot clot plot Scott shot slot spot knot trot bought brought fought ought thought squat swat taught caught yacht apricot cannot forgot teapot
-an
-in
-uf
-en
-ob
Nan Dan ran fan can man tan pan van ban an Jan Ann(e) bran scan clan plan than; afghan, began, Batman
bin fin pin tin win in / inn din kin sin gin chin grin shin skin spin thin twin Lynn been begin engine napkin unpin violin
Puff buff cuff huff bluff fluff gruff stuff scuff scruff snuff tough rough handcuff
pen den Ben ten men hen ken Len glen wren then when amen pigpen playpen lion’s den
job cob Bob / bob rob sob mob knob gob hob lob blob snob throb swab
-ad
-id
-us
-eck
-op
bad dad had mad pad sad add tad fad lad cad Brad Chad clad glad grad plaid
bid did hid kid lid rid Sid grid skid slid squid undid eyelid
bus Gus us pus fuss plus
neck peck check deck fleck speck wreck trek
hop pop sop top hop mop cop lop chop crop drop slop stop bop clop flop plop prop shop swap flip-flop hip-hop pop-top
-ap
-it
-ul
-ed
-ock
cap lap tap nap gap map rap sap zap clap chap flap strap trap wrapscrap snap, unwrap; tap (water tap)
bit fit hit kit lit pit sit it wit mitt flit grit knit quit slit spit outfit
gull dull cull lull hull null skull bull full pull wool seagull
bed led fed red read Ted Ned Ed wed Jed bled fled Fred shred sled bred shed sped bread dead dread head spread spred thread tread lead said ahead bedspread
lock rock dock sock block clock crock doc flock frock stock jock knock mock shock smock gawk hawk squawk talk walk chalk wokticktok knock sidewalk
-ag
-ib
-up
-eg
-od
bag gag lag sag nag rag tag wag hag jag hag brag flag crag drag snag; ragtag; zigzag
bib fib rib jib nib crib glib
cup pup up sup yup backup blowup break up catch up check up chin up clean up close-up cover up hiccup ketchup push-up stick-up teacup wake-up warm-up
beg peg leg keg Meg egg keg
cod nod pod rod sod odd clod plod prod Todd trod sawed pawed squad quad wad
-am
-ic / -ick
-uz
-ess
-ol (-all)
dam ham jam Pam Sam ram tam yam am clam gram scram swam lamb cram slam graham, ma’am; flimflam; whim wham
Dick kick nick / Nick lick pick Rick sick tick wick brick chick click flick Vic brick quick slick stick thick tic / tick trick wick quick
buzz fuzz does was because
yes less Bess mess bless chess dress stress press Tess guess
doll loll Sol all ball / bawl call fall gall mall small hall / haul Paul Saul sprawl crawl
-ab
-im
-ut
-el
-ox
cab dab jab nab tab gab lab blab crab scab slab grab
dim him / hymn Jim rim Tim Kim brim skim swim trim whim grim
but cut hut nut rut gut jut mutt putt glut shut strut what
Bell Mel sell / cell fell tell well yell dwell smell spell gel / jell Nell shell swell carousel cowbell doorbell hotel motel Noel nutshell seashell
box ox fox lox Xerox pox blocks clocks knocks locks rocks shocks socks talks walks hawks
-ax
-ip
-ug
-em
-og
tax wax Max flax fax ax (for wood) slacks cracks jacks packs quacks snacks tracks
dip hip lip nip rip sip tip zip yip strip whip slip skip ship trip Kip drip clip blip chip flip grip pip gyp Q-tip chips and dip paper clip
bug dug hug jug lug mug pug rug tug drug plug shrug smug snug thug
hem gem stem them
fog frog smog jog log hog clog flog bog dog grog catalog
-al
-ish
-uck
-ep
-om
pal gal Sal Cal Hal Val Al shall corral
dish fish wish squish swish licoricegibberish
buck duck luck tuck chuck cluck pluck puck struck truck stuck muck suck yuck stuck-in-muck
pep step prep yep footstep doorstep
Tom mom prom bomb calm palm
-as
-itch
-ub
-eb
-on
gas bass mass pass brass class glass grass
ditch glitch hitch itch pitch witch which stitch twitch snitch rich
cub hub rub sub tub dub nub pub club scrub snub stub flub shrub rub-a-dub
web Deb Jeb Zeb ebb
on con yon Don Lon Ron John gone dawn drawn fawn lawn pawn yawn swan baton coupon pecan salon
-ak (ack)
-if
-um
-ud
-oss
back lack jack / Jack pack rack sack tack shack black crack knack quack slack whack thwack track smack snack stack backpack flapjack haystack knickknack paperback piggyback Tic Tac unpack
if cliff sniff stiff tiff miff whiff handkerchief
gum hum sum / some yum bum mum rum chum drum glum plum / plumb scum slum swum strum from come crumb dumb numb thumb some from crumb dumb numb plumb plum thumb medium tweeledum
bud Judd mud cud dud scud spud stud thud crud blood flood Milk Dud
loss boss moss toss cross floss gloss sauce
-ash
-is
-il
-ush

cash ash dash lash mash rash bash brash clash crash gash slash smash thrash trash sash splash eyelash mustache
sis hiss kiss miss bliss this
Gil ill kill bill Lil Jill mill fill will till hill pill will Bill sill spill dill frill chill grill drill shrill still thrill gill
hush mush rush gush lush brush blush crush flush plush slush thrush shush

-aft
-iz
-ift
-utch

raft aft craft daft draft graft raft shaft waft laughed
Liz fizz frizz quiz whiz is his biz
gift lift rift shift sift swift drift thrift miffed sniffed whiffed ski lift drift
hutch crutch clutch such much touch

-amp
-eft
-ilk
-ump

camp champ clamp cramp damp lamp ramp scamp stamp vamp
cleft deft heft left theft
milk silk bilk ilk
bump chump clump dump frump hump jump lump plump pump rump slump stump thump

-oft
-elf
-imp

loft soft coughed waft
elf self shelf
blimp chimp crimp gimp imp limp primp scrimp shrimp wimp; mt. timp

-elp
-ilt

help kelp yelp
guilt hilt lilt quilt silt spilt tilt wilt kilt stilt built

-elt

belt dealt dwelt felt knelt pelt smelt welt melt

-ate
-ide / -ied
-une / -oon / ewn
-one / -own / -oan / -ewn
-ete / -eat / -eet
ate date hate mate fate plate crate rate gate grate Kate late skate slate state eight frieght great straight bait wait weight create
tide bide bride chide glide hide pride ride side slide stride tied tried wide cried dried died fried lied spied dyed sighed decide divide guide inside
June boon coon dune goon moon noon spoon strewn lune prune tune swoon soon balloon baboon cacoon cartoon
bone blown phone clone cone drone stone flown groan / grown Joan loan / lone moan / mown own prone scone sewn shone / shown stone throne / thrown tone zone alone
beat beet bleat cheat cleat eat feat / feet fleet greet heat meat / meet neat seat sheet sleet street suite / sweet treat wheat pleat Pete tweet repeat
-ane / -ain
-ine
-oof
-ose
-ene / -een / -ean
plane cane crane Jane lane pane / pain sane rain brain drain gain main / Maine / mane train sprain strain chain Spain stain vein / vane
dine fine line mine nine pine shine shrine spine swine twine vine whine / wine sign
goof roof poof proof spoof woof
close dose gross
bean clean dean gene / jean / Jean lean mean queen green seen / scene sheen teen screen between machine thirteen colleen Maxine Irene sardine
-ade / -aid
-ite / -ight
-use / -oose / -uce
-ole / -owl / -oal
-eke / -eak / -eek
aid bade blade fade grade glade laid made / maid paid raid shade spade trade braid jade frayed prayed stayed sprayed swayed suede neighed weighed afraid band-aid
bite bright fight flight fright kite knight light might / mite night quite right sight / site slight spite sprite tight white write height excite invite termite
Bruce goose loose moose spruce truce use juice mousse Zeus deuce caboose excuse papoose produce
hole bowl coal foal goal mole pole / poll role / roll scroll sole / soul stole toll troll whole knoll
beak bleak cheek creak / creek eek freak geek Greek leak / leek meek peak / peek reek seek sleek sneak speak squeak streak weak / week tweak shriek
-ave
-ike
-ool / -ule / -oul
-ope / -oap
-ede / -ead / -eed
brave cave crave Dave gave grave knave rave save shave slave pave waive / wave they’ve behave
bike dike hike like mike / Mike pike spike strike alike dislike unlike
cool drool fool ghoul rule mule pool school spool stool Yule tool who’ll you’ll fuel
cope dope grope hope lope mope nope pope rope scope slope soap
bead bleed breed creed deed feed freed greed heed knead lead need plead read / reed seed speed wee we’d skied
-ape
-ime
-upe / -oop / -oup
-oze / -ose
-ese / -ease / -eece / -iece
ape cape drape gape grape nape scrape shape tape crepe escape
chime crime dime grime lime mime prime slime time thyme ryhme I’m climb
coop croup droop dupe group hoop loop poop scoop sloop soup stoop troop / troupe whoop bloop goop
chose close doze froze hose nose pose prose / pros those blows bows crows toes flows glows goes grows knows mows owes rows sews shows slows snows those throws tows
crease cease fleece geese grease / Greece lease niece peace / piece police
-age
-ipe
-uze / -oose / -uise / --ews
-ote / -oat
-ele / -eal / -eel
age cage page rage sage stage wage gauge
gripe pipe ripe snipe swipe wipe stripe hype type
bruise choose / chews cruise news ooze snooze use who’s whose clues glues moos screws shoes stews views zoos fuse lose
boat bloat coat dote float gloat goat moat oat quote throat tote vote wrote note
deal eel feel heal / heel keel kneel meal peel real / reel seal steal / steel teal wheel zeal (pinwheet cartwheel oatmeal)
-ame / -aim
-ive
-ute / -uit / -oot
-oke / -oak
-eme / -eam / -eem
aim blame came claim dame fame flame frame game lame maim name same shame tame
dive chive drive five hive I’ve live thrive jive alive arrive
suit boot chute coot cute flute fruit hoot loot / lute mute root / route scoot shoot toot newt
broke choke cloak coke croak joke oak poke smoke soak spoke stroke woke yoke
beam cream dream gleam ream scheme scream seam / seem steam stream team / teem theme (ice cream)
-ale / -ail
-ife
-uke / -ook
-obe
-eap / -eep
bale / bail Braille fail flail frail Gail / gale hail / hale jail kale male / mail nail pail / pale quail rail sail / sale scale snail stale tail / tale trail vale / veil whale
knife life wife strife
duke fluke kook Luke nuke spook
globe lobe probe robe strobe
beep bleep cheap / cheep creep deep heap jeep keep leap peep reap seep sheep sleep steep sweep weep asleep Bo Peep
-ase / -ace
-ise / -ice
-ube
-ome / -oam
-each
ace base / bass brace case chase face trace grace lace pace place race space vase embrace erase misplace
dice ice lice mice nice price rice slice spice twice vise / vice
cube tube (ice cube)
chrome dome foam gnome home roam loam comb
beach / beech bleach each peach preach reach teach leech screech speech
-ake / -eak
-ile
-ume / -oom
-ode / -oad
-eef / -ief
bake brake / break cake fake flake lake make rake shake stake / steak take wake snake quake ache awake quake pancake mistake
file mile Nile pile smile tile whileaisle dial I’ll isle trial awhile
boom bloom broom doom fume gloom groom loom plume room zoom tomb womb perfune
code goad load mode mowed road rode rowed strode toad towed crowed flowed glowed snowed stowed explode unload
beef brief chief grief reef thief leaf

-ize / -ise
-ude / -ood
-oach
-ez / -ease / -ees

prize rise size wise buys cries dies dries dyes eyes flies fries guys highs lies pies shies sighs skies spies thighs ties tries
Brood brewed crude dude food Jude mood mooed prude rude glued viewed stewed booed chewed
broach coach poach roach
bees ease fees flees frees knees please sees tease trees cheese breeze freeze sneeze wheeze keys peas pleas teas seas these seize skis teepees trapeze monkeys skis

-ove

cove clove dove drove grove stove wove

long a rime (-ay / -ey)
long i rime (-ie / -y)
long u rime (-oo / -ew / -ue)
long e rime (-ee / -ea / -ey)
long o rime (-ow / -oe)
Bay bray clay day fray gay gray hay / hey lay may / May nay / neigh pay play pray / prey slay / sleigh spray stray stay they tray way / weigh away birthday buffet café way (drive way) okay someday today Xray croquet subway
by / buy / bye cry die / dye dry eye / I fly fry guy hi / high lie my pie pry rye shy sigh sky sly spy thigh tie try why rye
boo moo blue / blew brew chew clue crew cue dew / do / due ewe few glue goo grew Hugh / hue knew mew moo new pew shoo / shoe stew Sue threw / through to / too / two true view whew woo who you zoo fluPooh do flu Hugh shoe through boo boo, canoe cashew cuckoo igloo shampoo yahoo choo choo boo hoo tu tu yoo hoo
bee / be fee flea / flee free glee gee key knee pea plea see / sea tee / tea three tree wee / we he she me ski monkey frisbee
blow bow crow doe / dough flow foe ho / hoe Joe glow grow know low mow row show slow snow stow throw toe tow woe / whoa fro go no oh / owe pro sew so though dough tip-toe yo-yo bow (rainbow) fro go ho oh owe shoa arrow banjo below
-aw as in “saw”
-oy as in “boy”
-ow / -ough as in “cow”
-ous as in “house”

saw paw / pa law claw draw flaw gnaw jaw raw thaw straw ma spa aah blah aah blah hah! Granma granpa seesaw utah
boy toy soy coy joy Roy Troy
bow / bough brow chow cow how now ow pow plow vow wow bow-wow pow-wow meow
blouse mouse house louse spouse

poetry styles

Writing About Poetry
Writing about poetry can be one of the most demanding tasks that many students face in a literature class. Poetry, by its very nature, makes demands on a writer who attempts to analyze it that other forms of literature do not. So how can you write a clear, confident, well-supported essay about poetry? This handout offers answers to some common questions about writing about poetry.
What's the Point?
In order to write effectively about poetry, one needs a clear idea of what the point of writing about poetry is. When you are assigned an analytical essay about a poem in an English class, the goal of the assignment is usually to argue a specific thesis about the poem, using your analysis of specific elements in the poem and how those elements relate to each other to support your thesis.
So why would your teacher give you such an assignment? What are the benefits of learning to write analytic essays about poetry? Several important reasons suggest themselves:
To help you learn to make a text-based argument. That is, to help you to defend ideas based on a text that is available to you and other readers. This sharpens your reasoning skills by forcing you to formulate an interpretation of something someone else has written and to support that interpretation by providing logically valid reasons why someone else who has read the poem should agree with your argument. This isn't a skill that is just important in academics, by the way. Lawyers, politicians, and journalists often find that they need to make use of similar skills.
To help you to understand what you are reading more fully. Nothing causes a person to make an extra effort to understand difficult material like the task of writing about it. Also, writing has a way of helping you to see things that you may have otherwise missed simply by causing you to think about how to frame your own analysis.
To help you enjoy poetry more! This may sound unlikely, but one of the real pleasures of poetry is the opportunity to wrestle with the text and co-create meaning with the author. When you put together a well-constructed analysis of the poem, you are not only showing that you understand what is there, you are also contributing to an ongoing conversation about the poem. If your reading is convincing enough, everyone who has read your essay will get a little more out of the poem because of your analysis.
What Should I Know about Writing about Poetry?
Most importantly, you should realize that a paper that you write about a poem or poems is an argument. Make sure that you have something specific that you want to say about the poem that you are discussing. This specific argument that you want to make about the poem will be your thesis. You will support this thesis by drawing examples and evidence from the poem itself. In order to make a credible argument about the poem, you will want to analyze how the poem works—what genre the poem fits into, what its themes are, and what poetic techniques and figures of speech are used.
What Can I Write About?
Theme: One place to start when writing about poetry is to look at any significant themes that emerge in the poetry. Does the poetry deal with themes related to love, death, war, or peace? What other themes show up in the poem? Are there particular historical events that are mentioned in the poem? What are the most important concepts that are addressed in the poem?
Genre: What kind of poem are you looking at? Is it an epic (a long poem on a heroic subject)? Is it a sonnet (a brief poem, usually consisting of fourteen lines)? Is it an ode? A satire? An elegy? A lyric? Does it fit into a specific literary movement such as Modernism, Romanticism, Neoclassicism, or Renaissance poetry? This is another place where you may need to do some research in an introductory poetry text or encyclopedia to find out what distinguishes specific genres and movements.
Versification: Look closely at the poem's rhyme and meter. Is there an identifiable rhyme scheme? Is there a set number of syllables in each line? The most common meter for poetry in English is iambic pentameter, which has five feet of two syllables each (thus the name "pentameter") in each of which the strongly stressed syllable follows the unstressed syllable. You can learn more about rhyme and meter by consulting our handout on sound and meter in poetry or the introduction to a standard textbook for poetry such as the Norton Anthology of Poetry. Also relevant to this category of concerns are techniques such as caesura (a pause in the middle of a line)and enjambment (continuing a grammatical sentence or clause from one line to the next). Is there anything that you can tell about the poem from the choices that the author has made in this area? For more information about important literary terms, see our handout on the subject.
Figures of speech: Are there literary devices being used that affect how you read the poem? Here are some examples of commonly discussed figures of speech:
metaphor: comparison between two unlike things
simile: comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"
metonymy: one thing stands for something else that is closely related to it (For example, using the phrase "the crown" to refer to the king would be an example of metonymy.)
synechdoche: a part stands in for a whole (For example, in the phrase "all hands on deck," "hands" stands in for the people in the ship's crew.)
personification: a non-human thing is endowed with human characteristics
litotes: a double negative is used for poetic effect (example: not unlike, not displeased)
irony: a difference between the surface meaning of the words and the implications that may be drawn from them
Cultural Context: How does the poem you are looking at relate to the historical context in which it was written? For example, what's the cultural significance of Walt Whitman's famous elegy for Lincoln "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed" in light of post-Civil War cultural trends in the U.S.A? How does John Donne's devotional poetry relate to the contentious religious climate in seventeenth-century England? These questions may take you out of the literature section of your library altogether and involve finding out about philosophy, history, religion, economics, music, or the visual arts.

Monday, December 15, 2008

poetry and politics

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

rhming words (2)

rhyming words list

poetry styles

Monday, December 15, 2008

more poets and poems

selected themes, categories, poets

more poetry themes (3)

more poetry themes

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