I hope you are enjoying our Sunday column, “Poetry from Daily Life,” which provides each week the wit, wisdom, and experiences of poets and authorities on poetry. By offering such a rich mix of voices ...

If public speaking is a fear for some, try doing it under a spotlight on stage, in rhyming couplets, with cogent ideas and narrative, and the threat of being booed off the stage if you’re not ...

Now the motion is even more organized and precise, even with the imperfect rhymes. Which rhyme scheme should you use? It depends on what you’re saying. If the lyric’s emotion deals with uncertainty or ...

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Richard Wilbur, the former U.S. poet laureate who turned 90 this year, is a master of rhyme—something few modern poets aspire to be. Wilbur has been publishing poems since he was eight years old, and ...

The Lake Park High School theater department kicks off their 2025-26 season with the children’s play, “Hamlet Hears a Who,” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17, in the East Campus Dice Auditorium, 500 S.

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the latest Villanova Theatre production aims to tell a farcical love story … in rhyming couplets. “The School for Lies” is David Ives’ off-color tribute to Moliere’s ...

I’ve long been a fan of military rhyming couplets. I think they seem to be such an intriguing aspect of American military culture. Here, with a lot of help from my Task & Purpose colleagues, are some ...

The Oxford English Dictionary credits William Shakespeare with coining up to 2,000 words we use today. But linguists from Manchester have found that rappers, such as Eminem and London-based Akala, are ...