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1. For which of the following English words is there another English word that is a true rhyme?
2. For which of the following English words is there another English word that is a true rhyme?
3. Which of the following pairs of words is an example of a feminine rhyme?
4. Masculine rhyme predominates in the poetry of which of these languages?
5. Which one of the following poets used a great deal of near rhyme?
6. Name a word that rhymes with "charters" and also describes 13th century invaders of Russia. Hint: A character in "The Mystery Of Edwin Drood" by Charles Dickens is referred to as one of these.
7. Which of the following pairs of words is a true rhyme?
8. Here is a brief, original poem I wrote. Fill in the missing word with the only word that rhymes and makes sense in the context of the poem: "Birth does not exist alone; / It dwells with death and loss, / As in the humble manger looms / The shadow of the ______."
9. Which of the following cultures used rhyme in its poetry?
10. Here is a brief, original poem I wrote. Fill in the missing word with the only word that rhymes and makes sense in the context of the poem: "Day drains like a dying ember / On a cold, clouded, damp December. / Silken snow is downward trod / Where men have failed to seek for ________, / And darkened dirt, removed, remains / Upon the snow in silent stains."
11. Complete this famous rhyme by Alexander Pope: "Nay, fly to altars, there they'll talk you dead / For fools rush in where angels fear to ____."
12. Which of the following pairs of words is a near rhyme?
13. Fill in the missing rhyme from this poem by Robert Frost: "To say that for destruction ice / Is also great / And would ________."
14. Which of the following pairs of words is an eye rhyme?
15. Here is a brief, original poem I wrote. Fill in the missing word with the only word that rhymes and makes sense in the context of the poem: "They called Ulysses hero because he chose to ____ / Leaving all the confines of wife and hearth and home; / But it takes a stronger man to stay his wandering feet, / And to keep a loving home is a glory just as sweet."
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