Rhyming words are catchy, especially if you use them in literature such as in poems and storytelling. Such words are also used in the music industry with lots of songs, particularly raps, having words that rhyme in them. Just because we love our dogs too much, we also want to know what rhyming words we should use if ever we write something about them. This is a list of some of the words that rhyme with dog and their corresponding meanings.
Classification of words that rhyme with dog
End rhyme. It means that the rhyming words featured here have the same final sound as dog. However, it does not necessarily mean that they will have the same end spelling such as in “dog” and “catalogue.”
Eye rhyme. The spelling of the rhyming words have the same
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This classification of rhyme only occurs if the last syllable of dog rhymes with the beginning or middle syllable of a different word such as “dog” and “clogging.”
Masculine rhyme. A kind of rhyme where the word has the same end rhyme with dog, and the stress for both words fall on the final syllable such as “dog” and “bog.”
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Rhyming words with dog
1. Agog – extreme excitement shown by eagerness and anticipation
2. Analogue – to have an analogy to something else
3. Backlog – a bog log behind the hearth to keep a fire
4. Befog – to cloud with fog or make obscure
5. Biog – informal term for biography
6. Blog – an article on the internet written by someone or a group about their experiences, opinions, thoughts, etc.
7. Bog – a wet and spngy ground with decayed vegetable matter as soil compost
8. Bulldog – a breed of dog
9. Bullfrog – a large frog with a deep voice
10. Catalog – a list or record of something that is systematically arranged
11. Cat-and-dog – continuously vicious or destructive
12. Clog – to barricade with a thick or sticky material
13. Cog – cogwheel
14. Defog – to get rid of the fog or moisture
15. Dialog – discussion between two or more
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Polliwog – a tadpole
42. Prague – capital city of the Czech Republic
43. Road-hog – a driver who occupies two lanes and obstructs traffic
44. Rogue – a scoundrel or a playful yet mischievous person
45. Saw log – log which is big enough to saw into boards
46. Sheepdog – a dog who is trained to guard and herd sheep
47. Slog – to hit hard or drive with blows
48. Smog – smoke and fog combined to form an unhealthy and irritating pollutant
49. Snog – usual British term for kissing and cuddling
50. Synagog – house of worship of the Jews with facilities for religious instruction; an assembly of the Jews for the primary reason of religious worship
51. Tagalog – one of the languages or dialect in the Philippines
52. Travelog – a slide show or a motion picture which depicts and describes travels
53. Tog – a coat
54. Topog – term used for topographical or topography
55. Unclog – to remove an obstruction
56. Underdog – a person who is on the losing end of a contest or conflict; can also be a victim of political or social injustice
57. Vogue – popularity, or something that is in trend in fashion
58. Waterdog – any of several big salamanders
59. Watchdog – a dog particularly trained to guard a property or
Rhyme-The last words of line one and line three of each stanza rhyme. The last words of line two and line four of each stanza also rhyme. The rhyming words contribute to the rhythm and flow of the poem.
The speaker scans his surroundings, “muck, pond, ditch, residue”(5), spondee, stressed words, are used to show the typical image of a distracted dog. This is further emphasized in the enjambments and caesuras at the hyphens and colons, to express the unpredictable actions of the speaker. At the beginning the speaker includes rhetorical questions, to highlight the merry, short attention span, “Fetch? Balls and sticks capture my attention seconds at a time. Catch? I don’t think so” (1-2). The rhyme scheme is abba ccdd efef gh and often are slant rhymes which shows the dog is not as educated as a human. The vowel ‘o’ in “or else you’re off in some fog concerning/ --tomorrow”(9-10) is an assonance and “bow-wow…”(14), is onomatopoeia illustrates the dog howling and barking at his human.
Rhymes are two or more words that have the same ending sound. Songwriters and poets often times use rhymes to help their piece flow better, or keep the audience or readers engaged. Billy Joel’s song “We Didn’t Start the Fire” is filled with rhymes, with a rhyme in almost every single line: “Brando, the King and I, and the Catcher In The Rye / Eisenhower, Vaccine, England’s got a new Queen / Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye” (line 6-8). Billy Joel uses the rhymes to move from one topic to the next, and the song is even in chronological order from 1950 to 1989. The rhyme schemes of the song are end rhymes as well as perfect rhymes. On the other hand, the poem is completely free verse, or without a single rhyme. This makes the poem less artistic and harder to remain engaged and interested. In addition to rhyming, allusions are another way of displaying artistic
sound structure as the poet says, “falling by chance on rhyme, novel and curious bubble blown with
Roethke’s poem has a regular rhyme scheme that can be expressed as “abab”. The only exception to this scheme would be the first stanza as the words “dizzy” (2) and “easy” (4) are slant rhymes. Only the end syllables of the two words sound the same. As a result, the use of a consistent “abab” rhyme scheme allows the poem to reflect the
End rhyme is when the end of two or more lines’ last words rhyme to others in the stanza. This is most commonly seen in pattern often described as ABAB form, along with many other types that vary between the type of poem or stanza. In The Show Must Go On, you can discover that many lines, along with most stanzas, have a form of end rhyme. For example: “Empty spaces.” , “What are we living for?” , “Abandoned places.”
The definition of a rhyme according to Yourdictionary.com is a poem composed of lines with similar ending sounds or to speak in words or phrases with the same ending sound. An example of a rhyme being used outside of “The Lamb” is to say the words bike and like, or another example of rhyme is the children 's poem “Humpty Dumpty”. In “The Lamb” the author William Blake uses rhymes to make his poem more expressive. For example “ Little lamb, who made thee?/ Dost thou know who made thee?/ Gave thee life and bid thee feed,/ By the stream and o’er the mead;” (Lines 1-4). The author uses the words thee, feed, and mead, all rhymes that give the poem The Lamb much rhythm. The definition of rhythm according to Yourdictionary.com is a recurring movement of sound or speech. Another example is “Gave thee clothing of delight,/ Softest clothing wooly bright;” (Lines 5-6) . Last example I will use from “The Lamb” is “He is meek and he is mild,/ He became a little child:” (Lines 15-16). These are all examples of rhymes that the author uses to create rhythm and make the poem
Everything that the speaker is trying to express is tied together by the poem's form. The uneven rhyme is a perfect method of pronouncing the confusion that the speaker is feeling about the world. & nbsp;
In many cases, poems are very abrupt and awkward sounding when read or spoken aloud. A simple solution to end a poem’s awkwardness is a rhyme scheme. Many poems don’t rhyme for reasons of subject matter but to make the poem more interesting and easier to read the poet uses rhyming words. In many cases, poets use end rhyme, which is using words that rhyme in the end of the phrase or sentence of each sentence. “A Poison Tree” by William Blake is a great example of end rhyme used in poetry.
In both cases above, the vowels are shortened to accommodate a consonant in its rhymal complement position, because we know that there is no long vowel or heavy diphthong in a branching rhyme.
A simile is used to compare two unlike things using like or as in the poem. Rhyming Couplets are a pair of rhyming lines that usually have the same meter and length. The rhyme is the repetition of the sounds at the end of the words, while imagery focuses In conclusion, both choices of literature affect the reader’s emotions in different ways by the use of literary devices.
...nceived patterns, syllabic patterns, and rhymes, which are unmistakably individualized.” (Price, 2011). Unlike the poets like
The repetition of the “s” sound in line 4 and of the “m” sound in line 5 illustrate alliteration, and this occurs throughout the poem, providing to the listener what the rhyme of modern-day poetry provides – an aesthetic sense of rightness or pleasure.
They hardly ever rhyme, and are typically used for common experiences. Although Matsuo Kinsaku, known as Bashō, was recognized for originating the Haiku, its history is traditional. It began as the “opening
Learning to rhyme has significant benefits for children. For instance, rhyming helps improve auditory skills, enhance vocabulary and improve speech. Rhyming also enables children to recognize word families, an important skill for beginning readers. Below are three simple ways to teach kids to rhyme. Before you begin, be sure to tell children what rhyming words are. Rhyming words are words that have the same ending sound, but different beginning sounds.