Even if you're years out of school and not actively taking an English class, it's hard not to note how we use literary and sound devices in music, art, advertising and writing. You've got "Snap, ...

World Poetry Day is a day which celebrates all things poetry! Its aim is to encourage people to read, write and teach poetry all around the world. Poems can be about anything - a thought, an emotion ...

Why do we appreciate rhyming words in songs and poetry? How long can one "hold" a sound while waiting for a rhyme? Rhythm and rhyme help us to remember things. They do this through acoustic encoding, ...

Rhyme thrives at both poles of literature. It is the material of a greeting card—“Roses are red / Violets are blue / Sugar is sweet / And so are you”—and the high-tragic language of Racine. Rhyme ...