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Post by Bannanachair on Apr 4, 2017 19:46:05 GMT -4
Okay, so here's something that's been nagging me for a while. How the fuck do "eye" and "symmetry" rhyme? I never really thought too hard about it until a couple weeks ago when, in English class, my teacher decided to revisit everyone's elementary school teacher's favourite poem as sort of an introduction to the philosophy of William Blake, but now I can't stop thinking about it. Were "eye" or "symmetry" pronounced differently back then?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2017 20:32:14 GMT -4
Possibly? I think sometimes poets just say "Meh, close enough" when it comes to rhymes that are sort of close but not actually rhyming.
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Post by Dex on Apr 4, 2017 22:00:08 GMT -4
Okay, so here's something that's been nagging me for a while. How the fuck do "eye" and "symmetry" rhyme? I never really thought too hard about it until a couple weeks ago when, in English class, my teacher decided to revisit everyone's elementary school teacher's favourite poem as sort of an introduction to the philosophy of William Blake, but now I can't stop thinking about it. Were "eye" or "symmetry" pronounced differently back then? Possibly. SymmeTRY does seem like it could have been pronounced differently and likely changed. Like try and eye rhyme, I guess symmetry and eye rhymed as well. |
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Post by Baise-moi on Apr 4, 2017 22:34:01 GMT -4
Eye and symmetry do not rhyme.
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Post by Craxian on Apr 6, 2017 19:05:16 GMT -4
Like purring said, a lot of poems and songs and the like have some almost-rhymes, that don't quite fit
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