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Sailsofoblivion Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Slant Rhymes
Are terror and exterior slant rhymes? I have used them directly after each other in a poem and I am not sure whether I should change it.
Thanks in advance,
Emma
‘Annabelle’
She is the tempest cast upon my woeful soul,
A conduit for evil, the black rain from hell;
Consumed by a demon not of this world,
And disguised by a child’s candid exterior.
To me she is a baleful and fiendish terror,
Who has defiled my every callow reverie;
A porcelain doll, once a mere plaything,
And now, the architect of my morbid demise.
Thanks in advance,
Emma
‘Annabelle’
She is the tempest cast upon my woeful soul,
A conduit for evil, the black rain from hell;
Consumed by a demon not of this world,
And disguised by a child’s candid exterior.
To me she is a baleful and fiendish terror,
Who has defiled my every callow reverie;
A porcelain doll, once a mere plaything,
And now, the architect of my morbid demise.
Top answer
A slant-rhyme or half-rhyme by definition is an approximate rhyme not a true rhyme, so it depends how close you want these two words to sound. In my opinion, they are not close due to different syllable counts. Exterior has four syllables (ex-te-ri-or), while terror has only two (ter-ror).
- A slant-rhyme or half-rhyme by definition is an approximate rhyme not a true rhyme, so it depends how close you want these two words to sound.
- In my opinion, they are not close due to different syllable counts.
- Exterior has four syllables (ex-te-ri-or), while terror has only two (ter-ror).
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A slant-rhyme or half-rhyme by definition is an approximate rhyme not a true rhyme, so it depends how close you want these two words to sound. In my opinion, they are not close due to different syllable counts. Exterior has four syllables (ex-te-ri-or), while terror has only two (ter-ror).
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sailsofoblivionAre terror and exterior slant rhymes?Yes. Google "slant rhyme examples".
CJ
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She is the tempest cast upon my woeful soul,
A conduit for evil, the black rain from ****;
Consumed by a demon not of this world,
'And disguised by a child’s candid exterior.
To me she is a baleful and malicious fiend,'
Thanks again!
A conduit for evil, the black rain from ****;
Consumed by a demon not of this world,
'And disguised by a child’s candid exterior.
To me she is a baleful and malicious fiend,'
Thanks again!
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