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Stories in rhyme


  • Short fictional works written in rhymed text. For novel-length fictional narratives expressed in poetry see [Novels in verse.]
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    • Stories in rhyme
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    • Rhymed stories
    • Rhyming stories
    • Stories in verse
    • Verse stories
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    • found: LCSH, Oct. 21, 2014(Stories in rhyme. Here are entered short fictional works written in rhymed text. Novel-length fictional narratives expressed in poetry are entered under Novels in verse.)
    • found: Chaconas, D. Icing the cake : writing stories in rhythm and rhyme, 2006, via WWW, July 9, 2012(A child's book world without rhyme would be like a world without music. Good rhyme is fun to read out loud. Good rhyme is enjoyable to listen to. But a good rhyming story can be difficult to write. And that's what this article is about--the layers that go into writing good rhyming stories--and they are: Story, Rhythm, Rhyme. Instead of calling them rhyming stories, more accurately we might call them stories in rhythm and rhyme.)
    • found: Backes, L. Writing in rhyme, 2009, via WWW July 9, 2012(Dr. Seuss did it, and in the process changed the face of the publishing industry and became a beloved household name to children for several generations. Stories in verse, like their prose counterparts, also must have a distinct voice. The rhythm of the verse, which combines elements like word choice and length of the lines, goes a long way toward creating a tone for each story.)
  • General Notes

    • Short fictional works written in rhymed text. For novel-length fictional narratives expressed in poetry see [Novels in verse.]
  • Example Notes

    • Note under [Novels in verse]
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    • 2014-12-01: new
    • 2015-12-01: revised
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