A Sure Test — Nursery Rhyme Lyrics
If you are to be a gentleman,
As I suppose you'll be,
You'll neither laugh nor smile,
For a tickling of the knee.
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Nursery rhymes are some of the best teachers of rhythm and rhyme. "A Sure Test" uses 4 lines to create a memorable verse — proof that effective poetry doesn't need to be long. Pay attention to the meter: the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables is what makes the rhyme stick in your head.
Songwriters and poets can borrow these patterns. Try writing your own lyrics using the same rhyme scheme and line length as this nursery rhyme. You can also use words from the poem above as starting points — click any word to find rhymes or look up its definition, then build from there.
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- The lyrics to A Sure Test are: If you are to be a gentleman, / As I suppose you'll be, / You'll neither laugh nor smile, / For a tickling of the knee.
- How many lines does A Sure Test have?
- "A Sure Test" has 4 lines of verse.
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