Poets must be really bummed out that no word rhymes with “month.” It seems like the word “month” would come in handy for love poems that you need to write early in your relationship. As in ...

You can work out the rhyme scheme shows you see the pattern of rhymes in the poem. Find out more in this Bitesize Primary 1st level English and literacy guide.

The short, nonsense rhyme “Hey Diddle Diddle” might be the most recognizable nursery rhyme of them all. It even gave birth to a common phrase—”over the moon”—which is part of the rhyme ...

And that, in its own simple way, is exactly what the classic nursery rhyme, “One, Two, Buckle My Shoe” is all about. Let’s dive into the meaning of the work here below.

Numbers of rhymes fell too: at the start of the 20th century over 60% of lines rhymed; now under 5% do (see chart). Rhyme, says Wendy Cope, a poet, has become “pretty unfashionable”.

RHYME’S ROOMS The Architecture of Poetry By Brad Leithauser If you write about poetry, you will at some point consider putting together a book introducing the art to general readers.

Host Debbie Elliott and Chris Roberts dissect the meaning of the nursery rhyme "Little Jack Horner." It's about a real estate swindle in 16th-century England. Roberts is the author of Heavy Words ...