Questions tagged [rhyme]
A problem or riddle written in rhyme for an artistic twist.
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The German's are Experimenting
Could I BE any more riddle.
your holiday starts, forget happiness
no out from these mates of no friendliness
your past is what we think
as space tortures, beginning to shrink
follow the sheep of ...
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The sands of life are running out
The one I obey, my dear commander
Keep on running I will not slander
For I know you will follow my lead
Call me in if you are in need
If one commands the other will follow
That's the deal, one has ...
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Riddle Me This. What Object am I?
I am an object.
Hard at heart, I can be shaped the same,
Thickened, I added to Nostradamus's fame,
My two faces are sharp or sweet
While the air grows warm, I am a delightful treat
Often in pairs, ...
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Who am I? I'm found in all angels, and core of the Devil
I'm found in all angels, and core of the Devil,
My forebears once dined 'cross the ol' English channel.
If fish is your wish, I can help fill your dish,
I go well with pie and with freshly cut ...
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letter from a great adventurer
Who or what is our hero, the adventurer? :) Now extra long and extra easy:
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Riddle Poem: “Within me you will find…”
Who or what is this poem referring to?
Within me you will find
One of like heart and mind.
As well as an entity
With inverted geography.
While I represent symmetry
Mirrors can show ...
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I'm but a speck of fairy dust
A simple riddle of mine, focused towards meter and rhyme.
I'm but a speck of fairy dust
A glitt'ring jew'l, but only just
So small I scarcely can be seen
A trinity in me convenes
And yet ...
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Variations on a Theme
Instructions
The game is to fill in the blank with a word or few - no more than three. No tricksy nonsense. No hidden meanings. No "lateral thinking". In fact, only vertical, parallel, dorsal, ...
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Riddle… pray that this is the last one
Stop worshipping me!
Away! you flea!
I'll stomp you with my boots,
You know I'll accept any substitutes,
At first, I change you,
Then I begin to arrange you,
And finally I end your precious heartbeat!
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Riddle… I am like a dear halo
I am like a dear halo,
Plucked from a rainbow,
A tight noose brings me to life,
With the repeated stab of a knife,
Old grief of the elephants,
Holy like the elements,
I penetrate a scar of my soft ...
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Riddle with heavy answer
Ok, you hacked my other riddles pretty quickly, but this one is meant to give you heat.. There you go:
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Another riddle for scientists
I have one start
and usually many endings.
I'm very smart
when guiding you to sorted findings.
For you I offer
many useful suggestions
but I only answer
to "yes-no" questions.
(The title gives ...
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It rhymes and wonders: who am I?
I tossed off this quick one. Does that make me a tosser?
I know what is or isn't,
but never what might be;
And many claim to know me,
though many disagree;
There are no sly ...
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Name that entity (2)
I answer all who can connect
I amend mistakes without respect
I aim to place, I aim to serve
I give you knowledge with little reserve
In me, the primary colours I do hold
Though two had a child ...
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What kind of tree am I?
I am a tree on highest mountain.
I am many, don't try countin'.
I grow skinny. I grow fat.
Chop me down and I'll grow back.
Many mountains are my home.
You don't plant me. I just grow.
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Are you clever enough?
I'm always in your thoughts, technically twice
If displayed correctly, just to be precise
If you see my left you will call me a con
and it would tear me apart if you called me John
Take down a note ...
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Guess the object - What Am I Riddle (Part 3)
I'm lying down, with a dah-ditty-dah, in the middle of the end,
I'd hang upside-down similarly with my friend,
Were I to flip over, with a dah-ditty-dah, it'd be the middle of the day,
Right way up I ...
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Guess the object - What Am I Riddle (Part 2)
Having gotten accepted on part 1, here I go:
Who am I? You'd like to know, so please just ask who's there,
You might have a laugh on my account, I don't really care,
If not it's still OK, that's ...
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My Famous Family and Me
You've seen me often, know me well,
my name the scribes and sages tell.
My many kin you also know,
but I'm most famed, as our kind go.
One sister's love is grand largesse,
another's like me, more or ...
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How do you come up with a good classic rhyme riddle?
I'm asking about classic riddles as they appear in books and kids' literature, based on metaphors - not maths problems or tasks, or deceitful questions but just an old good-natured rhyme describing ...
