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Definition of Monorhymes
1. monorhyme [n] - See also: monorhyme
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monorhymes
Literary usage of Monorhymes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Whimsey Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1906)
"monorhymes UNDER THE TREES Promptly one sees shake in the breeze Stately lime-avenues
haunted of bees: Where, looking far over ..."
2. English Literature: From the Norman Conquest to Chaucer by William Henry Schofield (1906)
"... the most significant (in five-line strophes, monorhymes) being by Gamier du
Pont St. Maxence, a Frenchman, who, however, journeyed to England for ..."
3. Early English Prose Romances: With Bibliographical and Historical Introductions by William John Thoms (1858)
"... of Robert le Diable underwent this process, and in this new form it consists
of two hundred and fifty-four strophes, each consisting of four monorhymes. ..."
4. English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature by Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin (1888)
"Thus the long romance Robert the Devil, first versified in the thirteenth century,
became a dit of 254 strophes, each consisting of four monorhymes. ..."
5. A Survey of English Literature 1780-1880 by Oliver Elton (1920)
"monorhymes on Catullus, Frater Ave atque Vale, are akin to them; and, what is
not easy, he manages to unite tenderness with resonance. ..."
6. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1866)
"This species of composition ie said to owe its invention to Benin, who wrote in
Latin, and fir Ucated his monorhymes to Pope Alexander Ш. ..."
7. The Art of Versification by Joseph Berg Esenwein, Mary Eleanor Roberts Roberts (1920)
"(13) monorhymes To MRS. THRALE ON HER THIRTY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY Oft in danger, yet
alive, We are come to thirty-five; Long may better years arrive, Better years ..."
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