Questions tagged [rhyme]
A problem or riddle written in rhyme for an artistic twist.
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Defeat by Me; Your Destiny
Sometimes we play catch;
Though you'd hope it more like fetch.
I'd be the second; an honorable mention.
Indeed it'd be, as if I've spent my life in detention.
You'd know where, if you found the ...
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To work we go! - What am I?
A place of work, and not of play,
You know that's what the vermin say.
Is it this or that, the question sly,
But in the end you'll question why?
A miracle you want to find,
And get yourself out of a ...
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Apocalypse Now: The end of All. What am I?
I am known as the end of all.
When others fall short, I stand tall.
You'll see I can take on different forms,
Don't worry, they are quite the norm.
My brother and I may look a like,
But we are ...
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To the Basics - What am I?
I am so small that you can't see,
The building blocks that make up me.
Yet miles long is the true case,
I'm full of holes, just like lace.
Small changes can be good or bad,
They make you strong or ...
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Violent riddle with happy end
We are two sisters.
Our difference is your best key.
I am probably the bigger one
and everything I’m not,
is she.
We have always opposite opinions,
the reason of our loud fights.
And if I start a ...
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Don't be Sexist - What am I?
I start out quite skilled,
Throughout the nation I've drilled,
I'm sexist to the extreme,
You'll soon know what I mean,
Your children should thank me,
Your wife might just hate me.
Knives I despise
I ...
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The man with a wooden jaw
Cached in secrecy,
Where none shall interfere
A man with wooden jaw
Waits patiently each year
Hands flung abroad,
As the masked man cries "unscathed!"
In an abode of luxury,
With reservations made
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I am Essential - What am I?
Without me you'd be lost,
That's the smallest cost.
You use me every day,
More than I can even say,
You do but don't see me,
So whatever could I be?
Inside, outside, all around
I'm even underground....
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It moves in war
It moves in war
Abhors the floor
Takes many forms
And is a controversial norm
An encounter with it
Will leave one tearful
And as an omen
It makes many fearful
Though as ...
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How many names - What am I?
Oh the different names I am called,
If I end badly, you may be mauled.
Head, shoulders, knees, and toes,
Sometimes there are subtle blows.
One plus one equals one and a half
The clock's going, now ...
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All through the Seasons - What am I?
I go in a cup,
but you can't drink me up,
I soar through the air,
well above your hair,
At first I have need
of some serious speed.
Later, it's nice
to be more concise.
To the club we could go
if it ...
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What am I - "Big" Riddle
Big I am, but small I eat,
Above or below, I'm really neat,
My brothers have one, but I have two,
You will not find me at the zoo,
I'll travel with others, but not for long,
You'll travel to hear my ...
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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 ...
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