Showing posts with label rhyme. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rhyme. Show all posts

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.