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Unread 01-12-2008, 05:25 PM
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For sheer cleverness in rhyme one must turn to polysyllabic and mosaic rhyme. My favorites are Byron's use of ineffectual/hen pecked you all in "Don Juan" and Joanna Newsom's low-flying turkey/Texan drying jerky in her song, "Cassiopeia."

Joanna Newsom is my favorite singer/songwriter when it comes to clever rhymes. Read the lyrics to her album, "The Milk Eyed Mender" with attention to her rhymes: http://www.bentclouds.com/music/newsomlyrics.html

Watch this http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=Vc...eature=related as well as some of her other perfomances on You Tube.

She's delightful.

James
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