Word: rhymed
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...poet of the evening was R. M. Townsend whose account of Baron Sahara and The Great Thirst, written in excellent rhyme, was full of humorous allusions. Other speakers were Captain Griffin of the class nine, Captain Forbes of the class crew, and A. Borden. The dinner ended with the singing of Fair Harvard by the whole class and cheers for Harvard and Ninety...
...Ramblinge Rhyme of Dorothy," in old Colonial English, by A. C. Train '96, has a flavor of the olden time about it that is rather pleasing...
...today's Advocate is an improvement on previous numbers;-it contains less poetry. Not only this, but one of the two pieces published is very creditable. "Cpnthia. A Pantoum," by Louis How, has no interest except for the peculiar style of rhyming which the author effects; but the sonnet by Treadwell Cleveland, Jr., is worthy of notice in that it departs from the usual custom of Advocate sonnets and gives evidence of a foundation of ideas and sentiment not wholly obscured by the demands of rhyme and meter. The author has just been elected to the board of editors...
...dramatic writings are not altogether without merit. His description of the fire and pestilence in London gave evidence of a master mind, and his essay in defense of rhyme has the first step to a simplified and purified English...
...result of these wars. We may call the Highlands of Scotland the characteristic home of the Garlic branch, and Wales of the Cimbric branch. The Gallic Celts found in Fingal a hero worth succeeding King Arthur, and their poetry is largely devoted to his exploits. The Cimbric branch developed rhyme into something like the form in which we have it today. There are suspicions of rhyme in antecedent Arabic literature; and scattering hits also in Latin poetry. The Druids however were obliged to assist their memory in committing their religious verses, and rhyme, strong and unmistakeable, was first used...