Rhyme time

Learning English

English, friends, is easy to learn

The dictionary’s got lots for us to earn

But something’s there in the language

That leads to a serious brain haemorrhage

And grammar makes me dizzy in my head

Are you being ‘mislead’ or misled?

Is it a ‘competion’ or a ‘competition’?

‘completion’ or ‘compeletion’?

Spellings may be confusing, alright

For example, is it ‘hight’ or ‘height’?

Pronunciation is murderous than the mightiest sword

But I can’t tell about it in words

I’ll try if you want me to

Is ‘rue’ pronounced like ‘hue’?

Does ‘hurry’ rhyme with ‘bury’?

Or does ‘diary’ rhyme with ‘dairy’?

Does ‘full’ rhyme with ‘skull’?

Or is ‘pull’ just like ‘dull’?

Does ‘poor’ rhyme with ‘door’?

What about ‘tour’ and ‘four’?

Let me make one thing clear

I am not a silly girl, dear

I know English the way it is pleasing

It’s actually you whom I am teasing

So close this thing and pick up the dictionary

And tell me whether it is ‘histery’ or ‘history’?

Jasmine Sekhon, IX-B, Sacred Heart Convent Sr. Sec. School, Ludhiana

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