Thursday, November 8, 2012

rhyme, rime

Rhyme or rhyme means the words sound the same, as in a song or a poem--
Words that rhyme make it easy to learn to read..
He is trying to think of a rhyme for his poem.
We can't think of a rhyme for "strange".
Rhyme may also mean a poem or verse--
He wrote a rhyme for her birthday.

Rime or rime ( rhymes with rhyme ) means frost--the coating of ice crystals that form by freezing water vapor--
Every part of the boat was covered in rime.
It was so cold that the covering of rime seemed permanent.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"The glittering rime inspired him to write a rhyme."

Note--"rime" is also an old-fashioned spelling for "rhyme"--
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" was one of his favorite poems.
'Rime" is also a nautical term, meaning to enlarge a hole in a sail--
The mate told him to rime the sail.

No comments:

Post a Comment