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Thread #108840 Message #2268534
Posted By: pavane
21-Feb-08 - 10:08 AM
Thread Name: Tech term for unfinished rhyme
Subject: Tech term for unfinished rhyme
Can someone remind me of the technical term (I am sure I have seen one) for the sort of verse where you expect a rhyme, usually saucy, but get a different word instead
Some examples:
1. (Handy Household Help) It removes the stains from fabrics and the blemishes from glass It keeps your TV free from static and will fumigate your ...attic
2. Kid's rhyme
Follow your kids to school Hit them with a stick Instead of learning their abc They're fiddling with their ...Private Seargeant major, had a dog called Horrocks...
3. Old grey beard (trad)
Me mother she told me to give him a glass Hey, ho I won't have him I gave him a glass and he fell on his head And his old grey beard kept wagging