Last week, the Collegian published an opinion stating that the poetic environment at Kenyon discourages rhyme.  This article characterizes the poetry curriculum here as inflexible, and that has never ...
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It’s possible to study more “conventional” and “archaic” kinds of poetry at Kenyon. I mean, I took a class on Chaucer my sophomore year, where I voraciously read rhyming epics about talking birds. I ...
Is 'Frère Jacques' about a lazy monk who won't get out of bed? So goes the popular belief: that the French nursery rhyme 'Frère Jacques' is about a friar who has overslept and forgotten to ring the ...
Eminem debunked the myth that 'silver' has no rhymes by posting a creative list of slant rhymes on X, following a challenge from fans. There’s no word in English that rhymes with “silver": this is a ...
Eminem has once again proven why he's considered one of hip-hop's most skilled wordsmiths. The rap legend was challenged earlier this week after the X account UberFacts posted, "There's no word in ...
Simple English Words to Improve Your Vocabulary Every Day: Interested in knowing about some of the most commonly used English words? Don’t worry, as we have got you covered. Students can take a look ...
For Jeremy Bentham, a philosopher, poetry was simply writing that “fails” to reach the end of the line. For W.H. Auden, a poet, poetry was that which “makes nothing happen”. Arnold Bennett, a writer, ...