Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,920,311,187 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

rime riche

   Also found in: Wikipedia 0.01 sec.
rime riche  (rm rsh)
n. pl. rimes riches (rm rsh)
Rhyme using words or parts of words that are pronounced identically but have different meanings, for example, write-right or port-deport. Also called identical rhyme.
[French : rime, rhyme + riche, rich.]
rime riche [ˈriːm ˈriːʃ]
n pl rimes riches [ˈriːmˈriːʃ]
(Literature / Poetry) rhyme between words or syllables that are identical in sound, as in command/demand, pair/pear
[French, literally: rich rhyme]
Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link 		Feedback
Add definition
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Dictionary browser?   Full browser?
 
Through the poetic device of rime riche, Shakespeare stresses the pitilessness of the social context imagined by the play.
Shakespeare and Renaissance Politics by Brown, Richard Danson / Yearbook of English Studies
Mortimer eschews perfect rhymes, and even resorts to rime riche on one occasion, but he catches the momentum, and the intricacy, of the diction; the urgency of those tolling "ands" of the sestet--ignored by Young in his version--as well as the clever, faintly old-fashioned inversions of subject and object carry the burden of the poem with spare but melodious panache.
Petrarch: a splendid excess by Ormsby, Eric / New Criterion
 
 
 
Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Translations
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Advertise with Us | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.