Riogho Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 I'm trying to write a sonnet for english class. The sonnet is about chemistry. I need a 3 syllable word that rhymes with Theory. (Chemistry won't do). I hate sonnets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 A handy website: http://www.rhymezone.com/r/rhyme.cgi?Word=theory&typeofrhyme=perfect&org1=syl&org2=l Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmboy Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 electronegativity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilded Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 electronegativity. That's not three syllables though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
npts2020 Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Penury, calorie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riogho Posted December 18, 2008 Author Share Posted December 18, 2008 Calorie! Woot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Maybe you need three one-syllable words instead, such as: The lovely thing 'bout Chemistry is that it works for thee *or* me. English teachers love it when you throw some thees into a sonnet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrP Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 (edited) Alchemy. Degrees C. Stirrer Flea. ?? Lunacy? sp3? Cup of tea? Pharmacy. Enthralpy. Edited December 18, 2008 by DrP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royston Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Entropy, energy...or you could use chemical formula's e.g Hydrogen isocyanide (HNC) or I have an HNd in Chemistry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 " Big willy"? Seriously though, this is an English class right? You can make stuff up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riogho Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share Posted December 19, 2008 Well. I turned my sonnet in, and it crapped itself. Apparently all my words weren't in Iambic Pentameter or... whatever. So I just wrote 14 lines of one syllable words that rhymed talking about how much I hated sonnets. I liked my first one better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waitforufo Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 You should have just made up some sciencey-sounding word or words. Come on its engilish class. English majors eyes glaze over whenever science comes up. You would have easily gotten away with it. Those with science backgrounds or interest would have just thought it was funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the tree Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Well. I turned my sonnet in, and it crapped itself. Apparently all my words weren't in Iambic Pentameter or... whatever. So I just wrote 14 lines of one syllable words that rhymed talking about how much I hated sonnets.Writing in Iambic Pentameter is hard enough, with a fixed rhyme scheme it's nigh on impossible, that's an unreasonable task.You should have just made up some sciencey-sounding word or words. Come on its engilish class. English majors eyes glaze over whenever science comes up.Have you ever actually seen that happen? I find that anyone who takes a genuine interest in their own subject is quite capable of taking an interest in other people's.You would have easily gotten away with it. Those with science backgrounds or interest would have just thought it was funny.What, is there no chance at all that this teacher takes an extremely strong interest in science and knows a lot more about all fields of science than the OP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedarkshade Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 PhD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Writing in Iambic Pentameter is hard enough, with a fixed rhyme scheme it's nigh on impossible, that's an unreasonable task. I Find I have with you to disagree, to write this took no time at all you see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the tree Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 I Find I have with you to disagree,to write this took no time at all you see. Well yes, okay, I do concede your right.But composing fourteen lines schemed that tight, Coherently, or at very least quite, Would be a task that would keep me up all night For the work of a mere student writer Especially, could it not be shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 There was a young girl from Japan, Whose Limericks never would scan. When they said this was so She replied "Yes I know, but I always try to get as many words into the last line as ever I possibly can". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the tree Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Oh come on, that is not even yours. Meter is hard to follow, of course! Oh look! My rhymes can slant! And I bet that yours can't. 'cos my rhyming is a tour de force! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrP Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 There was a young man named the tree Who was at a good university His skill claims were mathamatica Not rhyming Iambic Pentameter But look above he can do it, see? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 OK, I should have cited a source for the one I posted. Does anyone know who wrote it? Anyway, "Would be a task that would keep me up all night" has 11 syllables and making "Especially, could it not be shite." 10 syllables is pushing it. Some thing like ess pesh a lee could it not be shite would give you the right number on average but I don't think you can get away with an average in this case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the tree Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Ah, you're right that is 11 syllables, I was being careless. Easily rectified by replacing 'that would' with 'to', although the iambic-ness gets a bit lost there. "ess-pesh-ee-al-ee could it not be shite" is definitely 10 syllables, although it's further from being iambic pentameter than any other lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrP Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 There was a smart young man name-d the tree Who was at a good university His skill claims they were mathamatica Not rhyming Iambic Pentameter But look above he can do it, you see? (OK - Edited - for the same reasons I had to retake my English exams at school - it's probably still wrong, but I no longer care - Merry Christmas!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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