Holorime
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Holorime (or holorhyme) is a form of rhyme in which the rhyme encompasses an entire line or phrase. A holorime may be a couplet or short poem made up entirely of homophonous verses
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[edit] Holorime in English
- "In Ayrshire hill areas, a cruise, eh, lass?"
- "Inertia, hilarious accrues, he'las!"
from Miles Kington's poem titled "A Lowlands Holiday Ends in Enjoyable Inactivity"
[edit] Holorime in French
In French poetry, rime richissime ("very rich rhyme") is a rhyme of more than three phonemes. Holorime is an extreme example of rime richissime.
- Gall, amant de la Reine, alla (tour magnanime)
- Gallamment de l'Arène à la Tour Magne, à Nîmes.
- Gallus, the Queen's lover, went (a magnanimous gesture)
- Gallantly from the Arena to the Great Tower, at Nîmes.
A notable exponent of holorime in French was Alphonse Allais:
- par les bois du djinn où s'entasse de l'effroi, by the djinn's woods, where fear abounds
- parle et bois du gin ou cent tasses de lait froid. talk and drink gin or one hundred cups of cold milk
[edit] Other examples
Holorime may also refer to two phrases that sound the same but have different meanings. Most such holorimes come from music lyrics, such as "'Scuse me while I kiss the sky" and "'Scuse me while I kiss this guy." (See also Mondegreen)
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