case choice by rhyme

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Sep 21, 2005, at 12:50 PM, John Baker wrote:

>         It's not new.  Compare Shakespeare's Sonnet CXXX:
>
> "And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
> As any she belied with false compare."
>
>         Shakespeare didn't need the rhyme, but he did need a
> monosyllabic reference for his dark lady.

i didn't mean to suggest that it was new.  nice example, in any case.

arnold