batteries or anything that has to do with Lithium? I have to write a poem about Lithium and I'm not doing so good.
2006-10-22 11:49:19 · 11 answers · asked by nevy 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
There's no "perfect rhyme" for lithium, unless you count the word itself and the compound "dilithiuim".
So, first, consider whether you NEED a rhyme, or is there some way you can avoid putting this word in a position where it calls for a rhyme?
If you still have to use it this way, look for the best usable "NEAR rhyme" you can find... starting with words in which all the vowels from the accented syllable on match or very nearly match ("assonance").
Note the importance of the ACCENTED syllable here. Because of this, many of the words Julie B lists will probably not work very well, because the vowel of the accented syllable is not even close to matching that of lithium
What I suggest is, begin with words in which the vowels ALL match, the final consonant matches (m) or very nearly matches (most likely n or ng), and any consonant in the middle position (corresponding to the "th" of lithium) is as close to the "th" as possible. For the last of these, the most likely close sounds are: t, d, f, s.
My suggestions, roughly from closest to most distant that might work:
1) beginning with a /t/ or /d/ in the middle and final n/m.
hospitium, tritium
idiom, aecidium, antheridium, ascidium, basidium, clostridium, coccidium, conidium, ctenidium, cymbidium, glochidium, gonidium, hesperidium, iridium, miracidium, nephridium, oidium, ommatidium, oncidium, osmiridium, peridium, presidium, pycnidium, pygidium, pyxidium, rubidium
Gideon, aphidian, ascidian, conidian, enchiridion, euclidian, meridian, obsidian, ophidian, proboscidian, quotidian, viridian
2) Same thing, with other middle consonants:
actinium, aluminium, americium, cilium, einsteinium, hospitium, ilium, illinium, lixivium, milium, minium, pollinium, principium, protactinium, reptilium, silicium, stibium, triclinium, tritium, trivium, vestigium, praseodymium, didymium, neodymium
Simeon, caecilian, civilian, exilian, hominian, prosimian, reptilian, simian,vespertilian
3) Same as #1 or 2, but inserting an extra consonant between i-u:
minimum, triticum
4) In place of the accented short i sound, try a closely related vowel, that is short e or long e ("ee" sound). [For complex historical reasons -- a major vowel shift about 500 years ago, the short i in English is actually the 'short version' of our "long e" sound, NOT the current "long i".]
a) long e - medium, tedium, Promethean, promethium, helium, premium, gelsemium, coremium, cerium, criterion, ruthenium, selenium, uredium
b) short e - millennium, bdellium, biennium, compendium, lawrencium
5) Finally, remember that the rhyme doesn't have to be just one word. So try combinations: "pithy one, "witty pun" "pretty dumb", "city scum", etc.
2006-10-23 02:48:47 · answer #1 · answered by bruhaha 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lithium may run orange a good race for the lack of words that rhyme with it. I can't come up with one. You may have to invent some words to do the job, or at least take some liberties with spellings. Use Lithium as though it's a name so that . . . . When a vis'tin' comes Uncle Lithium, to town we go withium, our step is quick with antithium . . . . so on. Just a suggestion.
2006-10-22 19:00:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Here are some elements:
erbium / terbium / indium / gallium / thallium / thulium / fermium / holmium / hafnium / yttrium / francium / ytterbium / niobium / nobelium / selenium / ruthenium / masurium / technetium / lutetium / promethium / neodymium / californium / mendelvium / praseodymium / vanadium / zirconium / polonium / europium / cerium /
Some other stuff:
calcium / valium / protium / potassium / radium / stadium / palladium / medium / tedium / idiom / podium / helium / petroleum / premium / cranium / uranium / pandemonium / opium.
These are but a few, i could have carried on but i want to go to bed. Sorry.
Maybe you could get to a library and get a rhyming dictionary, they're great.
2006-10-22 20:02:22 · answer #3 · answered by Julie B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
symposium
lol i dont know any others but does lithium have to be the word you rhyme with? try not to put it at the end of the line you might have a much easier time rhyming then. Hope this helps :)
2006-10-22 18:55:45 · answer #4 · answered by natasha v 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Titanium
2006-10-22 19:46:19 · answer #5 · answered by Tamiikaaa 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Chrysanthemum
opium
podium
2006-10-22 18:51:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
look at the song lithuim by nirvana
I'm so happy 'cause today
I've found my friends ...
They're in my head
I'm so ugly, but that's okay, 'cause so are you ...
We've broken our mirrors (Alt: We broke our mirrors)
Sunday morning is everyday for all I care ...
And I'm not scared
Light my candles, in a daze
'Cause I've found god
Hey, hey hey [x6]
I'm so lonely, but that's okay, I shaved my head ...
And I'm not sad
And just maybe I'm to blame for all I've heard ...
But I'm not sure
I'm so excited, I can't wait to meet you there ...
But I don't care
I'm so horny, but that's okay ...
My will is good
Hey, hey hey [x6]
[x2]
I like it - I'm not gonna crack
I miss you - I'm not gonna crack
I love you - I'm not gonna crack
I killed you - I'm not gonna crack
I'm so happy 'cause today
I've found my friends ...
They're in my head
I'm so ugly, but that's okay, 'cause so are you ...
We've broken our mirrors (Alt: We broke our mirrors)
Sunday morning is everyday for all I care ...
And I'm not scared
Light my candles in a daze ...
'Cause I've found god
Hey, hey hey [x6]
[x2]
I like it - I'm not gonna crack
I miss you - I'm not gonna crack
I love you - I'm not gonna crack
I killed you - I'm not gonna crack
2006-10-22 18:57:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wisdom
Hoodlum
Magnum
Succumb
Welcome
Handsom
Fulcrum
Ransom
Rhythm
Condom
Column
Eardrum
Anthem
Blossom
Belgium
Pilgrim
Hope that helps.
2006-10-22 18:56:57 · answer #8 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
get me some
2006-10-22 18:52:08 · answer #9 · answered by Coach inthefight 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
flattery,
that's all i got
2006-10-22 18:55:24 · answer #10 · answered by hipshod420 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋