The nursery rhyme study was unable to "evaluate the severity of the episodes of violence", the authors say. "For instance, 'Here comes the chopper to chop off your head' (Oranges and Lemons), or a ...

Poetry is great but everyone thinks it has to rhyme. Well I’m here to tell you it does not. In fact, at times, Rhyme can get annoying. It creeps into your head And that can get boring. It fills me ...

When I asked the celebrated British novelist Jim Crace to tell me about a favorite line from literature, he was reluctant to choose something bound between the covers of a book. This is a writer, ...

Ring a Ring o Rosie isn't about the plague, Mary Mary Quite Contrary isn't about Queen Mary and Humpty Dumpty wasn't a cannon used during the English Civil War. Loading... Despite the proliferation of ...

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 ...

Our article charting the decline of rhyme in modern verse (“Feeling averse”, May 31st) touched a nerve with readers, some of whom are budding poets it seems. Here is a small selection of their ...