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Thread #82010   Message #2498987
Posted By: Joe_F
20-Nov-08 - 09:14 PM
Thread Name: worst rhyme ever
Subject: RE: worst rhyme ever
I believe I have noted this in some other thread, but IMO the worst rhyme in English prosody actually occurs in a folk song:

There is a tree in paradise,
And the pilgrims call it the tree of life.

The last word is stretched out over 8 beats, during which the naive listener may wonder whether it is going to be "lies" or "lice".