Quotes About Rhyme

Ist ihnen schon mal der Gedanke gekommen', sagte er, 'daß die ganze Entwicklung der englischen Dichtkunst dadurch beeinflußt wurde, dass die englische Sprache nicht genug Reime aufweist?' Nein, dieser Gedanke war Winston wirklich noch nie in den Sinn gekommen. Auch erschien er ihm unter den waltenden Umständen weder sonderlich wichtig noch interessant.

Oranges and lemons,' say the bells of St Clement's, 'You owe me three farthings,' say the bells of St Martin's, 'When will you pay me?' say the bells of Old Bailey, 'When I grow rich,' say the bells of Shoreditch.   'You

Has it ever occurred to you,' he said, 'that the whole history of English poetry has been determined by the fact that the English language lacks rhymes?' No

Hump my hump, My stumpy lumpy hump! Hump my dump, you lumpy slumpy dump! I'll dump your hump, and then just hump your dump, You lumpy frumply clump.

Alas, it is too true. I visited him this morning and found him en deshabille, clasping his brown. He seized on me and demanded a rhyme to some word which I have forgot. So I left him. Can no one convince Philippe that he is not a poet? asked De Bergeret plaintively. De Vangrisse shook his head.

You asked me for a rhyme, De Vangrisse reminded him. So I did! A rhyme for tout and fou, and you gave me chou! Whereupon you threw your wig at me, and I fled.

There's no point in fighting guys when there's no structure, there's no rhyme or reason to who gets the title shot.

Mary had a little lamb Its fleece was white as snow...

Mary had a little lamb,Its fleece was white as snow,And everywhere that Mary went,The lamb was sure to go.

History says, Don't hope/On this side of the grave/But then, once in a lifetime/The longest-for tidal wave of justice can rise up/And hope and history rhyme./So hope for a great sea change/On the far side of revenge/Believe in miracles....

History says, Don't hope On this side of the grave. But then, once in a lifetime The longed-for tidal wave Of justice can rise up, And hope and history rhyme.

It was a fortunate wind That blew me here. I leave Half-ready to believe That a crippled trust might walk And the half-true rhyme is love. - From "Voices from Lemnos

And hope and history rhyme.

I rhyme To see myself, to set the darkness echoing.

Then from the Mint walks forth the man of rhyme, Happy to catch me, just at dinner-time.

The lamp you lighted in the olden time Will show you my heart's-blood beating through the rhyme: A poet's journal, writ in fire and tears... Then slow deliverance, with the gaps of years.

Still may syllables jar with time, Still may reason war with rhyme, Resting never!

I don't have a problem rhyming "bar" with "car" - I do it all the time - but sometimes it doesn't feel right.

Lovers to-day and for all time Preserve the meaning of my rhyme: Love is not kindly nor yet grim But does to you as you to him.

In mockery I have set A powerful emblem up, And sing it rhyme upon rhyme In mockery of a time Half dead at the top.

Istoria nu se repet? dar rimeaz?.

History don't repeat itself, but it rhymes. Plans are worthless but planning is everything.

History Doesn't Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes

Life does rhyme: it rhymes all the time.