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07-22-2011, 12:53 PM
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Dylan's "Forever Young" (just the lyrics would be fine)
Dr Seuss "Oh the places you will go" (not his best work, but apt and cute)
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07-22-2011, 02:13 PM
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Bill, it's called apocopated rhyme.
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07-22-2011, 02:39 PM
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Bill, it's called apocopated rhyme.
Thanks! I knew there was some term, but I never would have found that! Of course, now I'll have to struggle to remember it...
Thanks,
Bill
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07-22-2011, 02:53 PM
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Wow, great suggestions so far--most of them for serious consideration, and a few for chuckles!
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"The Waking" by Theodore Roethke . . .
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07-23-2011, 04:47 PM
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I don't get it, Catherine. Why is the Roethke appropriate for this occasion?
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07-23-2011, 09:35 PM
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Sam beat me to my first choice. My second: "High Windows."
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