押韵普遍存在于各种语言中,汉语如此,英语也不例外,如:
- Whether you fail or fly, at least you should try. 不管是一飞冲天还是跌入谷底,至少,你应该尝试一下。
此句中fail和fly第一个音为/f/,此为押头韵;fly和try结尾音均为/ai/,是为押尾韵。
押韵并非仅存在诗歌中,一个词组,一句话都可能押韵,押韵是一种表达技巧,非诗歌专用。
一、头韵举例:
- Might is right. 强权即公理。
- change, chance and challenge 变化、机遇和挑战
- forgive and forget 原谅,遗忘
- Beauty and the Beast 美女与野兽
- Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled pepper. Perter Piper捡了一盒腌辣椒。
- trick or treat 不请客就捣乱(万圣节习俗)
- a fusion of facts and fiction 一种现实与虚构的融合
- representation of romance and reality 浪漫与现实的再现
- a war of wits and words 才智与语言的交锋
- Pride and Prejudice《傲慢与偏见》
- Sense and Sensibility《理智与情感》
- Far fowls have fair feathers 远处的鸟羽毛更美丽
- A fair face hides a foul heart 面善心恶
- When wine sinks, words swim 酒后说胡话
- A book that is shut is but a block 一本不打开读的书与木块无异
二、尾韵举例