Article: The kinds of words you choose and rhymes you make will depend, in part, on what kind of poem or song you want to write. You’ll use different rhyming words if your poem is serious than you will if it’s funny. For example, if you’re writing a serious love poem, you probably won’t use words or phrases like “burp” or “butcher knife.” Using the subject of your poem or song, come up with a list of words and phrases related to the subject matter. Write them all down on a piece of paper.  For example, if the subject of your song is “global climate change,” write down words and phrases like “icecaps,” “sea level,” “ozone,” and “greenhouse.” Include some general words that fit in most contexts too, like “this,” “for,” and “all.” A lot of the time you only need the last syllable in two words to rhyme. For example, the words “legislate” and “concentrate” rhyme, even though only the suffixes of the words, “-ate,” rhyme. These will be some of the easiest words to come up with rhymes for.  Start by pulling out any words in your list that have suffixes. For example, if your list consists of the words “matchmaker,” “jazz,” “likeable,” and “stubborn,” you would pull out “matchmaker” and “likeable,” since they have the suffixes –er and –able, respectively. Put these words in a separate row of your list. You can label the row “Suffix Words” if you’d like. For example, if your list consists of the words, “orange,” “lava,” “tank,” and “plankton,” you would pick out “orange” and “plankton” as words that are hard to rhyme. Put these words in a separate row on your list. You can label the row “Hard to Rhyme Words.” If you can’t think of a rhyme for a word right away, put it in the “Hard to Rhyme Words” row. You can always move it later if you think of a rhyme.
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Figure out the subject of your poem or song. Write down a list of words and phrases. Pick out words with suffixes. Pick out words that are hard to rhyme.