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Rhymester

noun
1.
A writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets).  Synonyms: poetiser, poetizer, rhymer, versifier.






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"Rhymester" Quotes from Famous Books



... circumstances—first, that it was fought when France and England were not actually at war, but were trembling on the verge of it. The sound of the Arethusa's guns, indeed, was the signal of war between the two nations. The other fact is that an ingenious rhymester—scarcely a poet—crystallised the fight into a set of verses in which there is something of the true smack of the sea, and an echo, if not of the cannon's roar, yet of the rough-voiced mirth of the forecastle; and the sea-fight lies embalmed, so to speak, and made immortal ...
— Deeds that Won the Empire - Historic Battle Scenes • W. H. Fitchett

... a nameless man, A rhymester without home, Yet since I come of the Wessex clay And carry the ...
— The Ballad of the White Horse • G.K. Chesterton

... tell? Ah, no! the start, the jet, the bound, The giddy scamper round and round, With leap and toss and high curvet, And many a whirling somerset, (Permitted by the modern muse Expression technical to use)—These mock the deftest rhymester's skill, But poor in art, though rich ...
— Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol 3 • Various

... out, the people, flattered at this honor paid to a citizen of Gisors, shouted "Long live the dauphine!" But a rhymester wrote some words to a refrain, and the street retained the title of her royal ...
— Maupassant Original Short Stories (180), Complete • Guy de Maupassant



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