What's your first memory of being told a story? Chances are it was listening your parents or another adult read to you at bedtime. The way most people first experience fairytales and nursery rhymes is ...

Sometimes, it’s just fun to escape into a world of make-believe and pretend to be someone else for a few hours. Whether you’re channeling a glamorous movie star, an adventurous explorer or a quirky ...

CANTON—Nursery rhymes are an oral and literary tradition that link us to the past and show the way language usage changes ...

Rhyme thrives at both poles of literature. It is the material of a greeting card—“Roses are red / Violets are blue / Sugar is sweet / And so are you”—and the high-tragic language of Racine. Rhyme ...

Welcome to Part Two of our exploration and celebration of the use of rhyme in songs. The issue raised in Part One, whether songs require rhyme, and, if so, if they need to be perfect rhymes or not, is ...

“You know, it’s a game, but it gives you a thrill to rhyme something that’s never been rhymed before.” – Bob Dylan Why rhyme? Do songs have to rhyme? Well, actually, no. There are some famous songs — ...

Poets must be really bummed out that no word rhymes with “month.” It seems like the word “month” would come in handy for love poems that you need to write early in your relationship. As in, “I’ve ...

Can a catchy little rhyme really be that problematic? Yes—and it’s one way racism was inextricably woven into American life. Get ready to cringe at these childhood favorites. It’s no longer enough to ...