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Thread #54651   Message #850280
Posted By: GUEST,T-boy
19-Dec-02 - 08:09 AM
Thread Name: Are rhymes necessary?
Subject: RE: Are rhymes necessary?
Sorry, me again.

French does have rhymes, try this one:

Gal, amant de la reine, alla (tour magnanime)
Gallament de l'arène à la Tour Magne à Nîmes.

This is an (extreme) example of a 'rich' rhyme, i.e. with more than one syllable rhyming. In this case it's a whole twelve-syllable Alexandrine couplet with both lines sounding exactly the same.

(I hope the line breaks come out all right, I'm a bit thick).