Can't Finish Your New Limerick? Try WriteRhyme!

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Can't Finish Your New Limerick? Try WriteRhyme!

by Lee Mathews Jul 23rd 2008

Rhyming dictionaries are great, not only because they help us finish off our salty poems, but also because they introduce us to spiffy new words like "Mashantucket."

WriteRhymes is a handy little resource for any aspiring poet - or anyone who like to annoy their co-workers by needlessly speaking in rhymes. Type some text in the box, alt + click a word, and suggested rhymes appear in a balloon. They're even grouped by syllable count for easy integration into your poetic rhythm.

You can even print, copy, and save your literary works via three handy buttons below the text box. Neato!

We did try, but sadly there are still no words that rhyme with orange or purple. Or verisimilitude, for that matter.

Tags: poem, poetry, rhyming, ryme, words, writing

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Peter N Roth said 1:43PM on 7-23-2008

did u try to rhyme verisimilitude
or was i thinking of some other dude

Lee Mathews said 1:49PM on 7-23-2008

It's obviously still kind of early for the writerhymes gang...Obviously, there are tons of words that would fit - attitude, prude, nude, and yes, even dude!

Peter N Roth said 1:47PM on 7-23-2008

are u trying to rhyme verisimilitude
or am i thinking about some other dude

gp said 1:08PM on 7-24-2008

door hinge

sdfsdfsdf said 5:23PM on 7-24-2008

Obama’s speech was dumb,
making Berlin numb.
Smiling as if retarded,
still with applause bombarded.
His visionary, patriotic rant
showed me: No, he can’t!

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