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What rhymes with 'fall'?
I know with the plethora of rhyming dictionaries on the web I shouldn't have to ask this, but they're not giving me what I need to finish the chorus of a song!
I need good simple rhymes for 'fall'. Everyday English words that rhyme in a British or North American accent. They don't have to be an absolutely perfect rhyme - 'world', for example kind of works. I"m guessing this is where the useful words are going to come from.
The rhymes need to be masculine, ie if the word is multisyllable then the stress lands on the final '-all' sound. EG recall in 'I recall' works but in 'issue a recall' doesn't.
Phrases (eg 'Tammany Hall') are not helpful.
Here's what I have so far. What else?
all
hall
small
sprawl
tall
call
haul
montreal
paul
appall
mall/maul
pall
stall
trawl
befall
recall
wall
enthral
befall
I know with the plethora of rhyming dictionaries on the web I shouldn't have to ask this, but they're not giving me what I need to finish the chorus of a song!
I need good simple rhymes for 'fall'. Everyday English words that rhyme in a British or North American accent. They don't have to be an absolutely perfect rhyme - 'world', for example kind of works. I"m guessing this is where the useful words are going to come from.
The rhymes need to be masculine, ie if the word is multisyllable then the stress lands on the final '-all' sound. EG recall in 'I recall' works but in 'issue a recall' doesn't.
Phrases (eg 'Tammany Hall') are not helpful.
Here's what I have so far. What else?
all
hall
small
sprawl
tall
call
haul
montreal
paul
appall
mall/maul
pall
stall
trawl
befall
recall
wall
enthral
befall
bawl
posted by I_read_somewhere_that_. . . at 6:15 AM on December 13, 2011
posted by I_read_somewhere_that_. . . at 6:15 AM on December 13, 2011
(Marc) Chagall
posted by unreasonable at 6:15 AM on December 13, 2011
posted by unreasonable at 6:15 AM on December 13, 2011
caterwaul
posted by pupstocks at 6:16 AM on December 13, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by pupstocks at 6:16 AM on December 13, 2011 [1 favorite]
"lol" said as a single syllable word instead of 'ell-oh-ell' almost rhymes with fall in my British accent
posted by I_read_somewhere_that_. . . at 6:19 AM on December 13, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by I_read_somewhere_that_. . . at 6:19 AM on December 13, 2011 [1 favorite]
awl
drawl
shawl
withdrawl
wherewithal
spall
yawl
thrall
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 6:19 AM on December 13, 2011
drawl
shawl
withdrawl
wherewithal
spall
yawl
thrall
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 6:19 AM on December 13, 2011
spot the missing 'a'
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 6:19 AM on December 13, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 6:19 AM on December 13, 2011 [1 favorite]
Stephen Segal
at all, shortened to 'tall.
scrawl
pawl
adderall - ADD Medicine
geritol
midol
flavocol - popcorn seasoning
posted by Slap*Happy at 6:39 AM on December 13, 2011
at all, shortened to 'tall.
scrawl
pawl
adderall - ADD Medicine
geritol
midol
flavocol - popcorn seasoning
posted by Slap*Happy at 6:39 AM on December 13, 2011
Arles
In British English "mall" ('mal') is not a rhyme.
posted by rongorongo at 6:41 AM on December 13, 2011
In British English "mall" ('mal') is not a rhyme.
posted by rongorongo at 6:41 AM on December 13, 2011
In British English "mall" ('mal') is not a rhyme.
The OP said it could rhyme in British or American English, and it doesn't need to be an exact rhyme anyway.
posted by John Cohen at 6:44 AM on December 13, 2011
The OP said it could rhyme in British or American English, and it doesn't need to be an exact rhyme anyway.
posted by John Cohen at 6:44 AM on December 13, 2011
whore'll
er, what kind of song did you say it was again?
posted by Segundus at 6:48 AM on December 13, 2011
er, what kind of song did you say it was again?
posted by Segundus at 6:48 AM on December 13, 2011
Nepal, Bhopal, Montreal, racquetball. Wait, are proper nouns okay?
posted by box at 6:53 AM on December 13, 2011
posted by box at 6:53 AM on December 13, 2011
go through the alphabet! (single syllables)
all, awl
ball, brawl, bawl
call, crawl,
dal, drawl, doll
gall
hall
krall (?)
lol, loll
moll, mall, maul
noll
pall
quall
saul, stall, shawl
tall
wall
y'all
then work from these to longer ones, like "wherewithal" and "Kristen Schaal."
posted by daisystomper at 6:55 AM on December 13, 2011
all, awl
ball, brawl, bawl
call, crawl,
dal, drawl, doll
gall
hall
krall (?)
lol, loll
moll, mall, maul
noll
pall
quall
saul, stall, shawl
tall
wall
y'all
then work from these to longer ones, like "wherewithal" and "Kristen Schaal."
posted by daisystomper at 6:55 AM on December 13, 2011
Someone once described the life of an ambassador as:
protocol
alcohol
Geritol
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 7:19 AM on December 13, 2011
protocol
alcohol
Geritol
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 7:19 AM on December 13, 2011
All the organic alcohols - ethanol, ethylol, glycol, glycerol... there are millions of them.
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 7:28 AM on December 13, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 7:28 AM on December 13, 2011 [1 favorite]
Skyfall
caterwaul
doll
moll
gall
Gaul
that is all, shortened to 'sall
posted by emelenjr at 7:28 AM on December 13, 2011
caterwaul
doll
moll
gall
Gaul
that is all, shortened to 'sall
posted by emelenjr at 7:28 AM on December 13, 2011
The rhymes need to be masculine, ie if the word is multisyllable then the stress lands on the final '-all' sound.
Sorry to derail - but what is this about Masculine in English and stress placement? I've never heard this notion that there are genders based on stress in English
posted by mary8nne at 7:51 AM on December 13, 2011
Sorry to derail - but what is this about Masculine in English and stress placement? I've never heard this notion that there are genders based on stress in English
posted by mary8nne at 7:51 AM on December 13, 2011
dont' worry you were talking about the Rhyme:
Exact, or Perfect Rhyme
Perfect rhyme is a pattern in which initial consonant sounds of the rhyming words are different, but vowels and sounds following the vowel are identical, as in "moon/June" -- a so-called masculine rhyme consisting of words of one stressed syllable or multisyllabic words with a final stress. Multisyllabic words in which rhyme occurs in a final unstressed syllable are called feminine rhymes: "hassle/castle." Perfect rhyme is intended for the ear, not the eye, and depends on sound, not on spelling.
posted by mary8nne at 7:54 AM on December 13, 2011 [2 favorites]
Exact, or Perfect Rhyme
Perfect rhyme is a pattern in which initial consonant sounds of the rhyming words are different, but vowels and sounds following the vowel are identical, as in "moon/June" -- a so-called masculine rhyme consisting of words of one stressed syllable or multisyllabic words with a final stress. Multisyllabic words in which rhyme occurs in a final unstressed syllable are called feminine rhymes: "hassle/castle." Perfect rhyme is intended for the ear, not the eye, and depends on sound, not on spelling.
posted by mary8nne at 7:54 AM on December 13, 2011 [2 favorites]
Mod note: please read the question, please give answers that answer the question. thank you.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:21 AM on December 13, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:21 AM on December 13, 2011 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: OP here -- some of those weakly stressed multisyllables do work as a kind of masculine rhyme. Alcohol for example has a secondary stress on the -ol which is usable for me (eg Dr Feelgood's 'Milk & Alcohol').
posted by unSane at 8:34 AM on December 13, 2011
posted by unSane at 8:34 AM on December 13, 2011
[blank] it all, e.g., fuck it all, screw it all, forget it all, etc.
posted by carmicha at 8:35 AM on December 13, 2011
posted by carmicha at 8:35 AM on December 13, 2011
narwhal.
posted by modernserf at 8:38 AM on December 13, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by modernserf at 8:38 AM on December 13, 2011 [2 favorites]
Chagall?
posted by humboldt32 at 9:02 AM on December 13, 2011
posted by humboldt32 at 9:02 AM on December 13, 2011
hand me down my peg and awl
give your all
on the ball
start a brawl
a voice like Lauren Bacall
doctors on call
one more pub crawl
a living doll
lots of spleen and gall
asterix the gaul
crawling down the hall
made off with quite a haul
unable to install
songs written by Kevin and Lol (google it)
sure is hot on the mall
got my foot caught in a maul
standing on the grassy knoll
clothes washed with oxydol
casts a pall
epistles of saint paul
polypropylene glycol
I cannot recall
had to take christmas in my overalls (it's been done)
the comix of ted rall
illegible scrawl
the death march from 'saul' (the opera)
on the couch I sprawl
on the tracks the car did stall
a tale both broad and tall
pop a tab of damitol
drive a vauxhall
penalty for early withdrawal
cats will caterwaul
did not have the wherewithall
that's all y'all
posted by Herodios at 9:19 AM on December 13, 2011
give your all
on the ball
start a brawl
a voice like Lauren Bacall
doctors on call
one more pub crawl
a living doll
lots of spleen and gall
asterix the gaul
crawling down the hall
made off with quite a haul
unable to install
songs written by Kevin and Lol (google it)
sure is hot on the mall
got my foot caught in a maul
standing on the grassy knoll
clothes washed with oxydol
casts a pall
epistles of saint paul
polypropylene glycol
I cannot recall
had to take christmas in my overalls (it's been done)
the comix of ted rall
illegible scrawl
the death march from 'saul' (the opera)
on the couch I sprawl
on the tracks the car did stall
a tale both broad and tall
pop a tab of damitol
drive a vauxhall
penalty for early withdrawal
cats will caterwaul
did not have the wherewithall
that's all y'all
posted by Herodios at 9:19 AM on December 13, 2011
What would you actually want the last line of the chorus to say, if rhyme didn't matter? There are so many options here that meaning is going to help a lot.
posted by empath at 9:44 AM on December 13, 2011
posted by empath at 9:44 AM on December 13, 2011
Response by poster: That's a good question
The song is using Humpty Dumpty as a metaphor for an addictive personality and the chorus is four lines with the following rhythm
It's a long way to fall
To the bottom of the wall
And there's no-one there to catch you
If you miss the wake-up call
That's my stand-in version, which I hate
The actual end of the chorus needs to be something like
Every time you have to choose
You let the bottle make the call
or
You let the bottle take the fall (obviously repeats 'fall' but a better conceit)
The one line I'm really sold on is 'It's a long way to fall' because it works perfectly with the music. So I'm trying to figure out my options for the rest of the chorus.
posted by unSane at 10:04 AM on December 13, 2011
The song is using Humpty Dumpty as a metaphor for an addictive personality and the chorus is four lines with the following rhythm
It's a long way to fall
To the bottom of the wall
And there's no-one there to catch you
If you miss the wake-up call
That's my stand-in version, which I hate
The actual end of the chorus needs to be something like
Every time you have to choose
You let the bottle make the call
or
You let the bottle take the fall (obviously repeats 'fall' but a better conceit)
The one line I'm really sold on is 'It's a long way to fall' because it works perfectly with the music. So I'm trying to figure out my options for the rest of the chorus.
posted by unSane at 10:04 AM on December 13, 2011
Would it work to do an ABBA type rhyme for the chorus? I'm stabbing in the dark here:
It's a long way to fall
When there's something left to lose
Every time you have to choose
You let the bottle make the call
posted by frecklefaerie at 5:33 PM on December 13, 2011
It's a long way to fall
When there's something left to lose
Every time you have to choose
You let the bottle make the call
posted by frecklefaerie at 5:33 PM on December 13, 2011
Response by poster: Theoretically yeah but the melody forces it into AABA to my ears (the melody peaks on the ends of the 1st and 2nd lines and then resolves at the end of the 4th)
posted by unSane at 5:41 PM on December 13, 2011
posted by unSane at 5:41 PM on December 13, 2011
fault
vault
salt
halt
exalt
malt
You could also add -ed to all your words: called, mauled, and so on if you swallow the -ed when you sing.
posted by emeiji at 10:51 PM on December 13, 2011
vault
salt
halt
exalt
malt
You could also add -ed to all your words: called, mauled, and so on if you swallow the -ed when you sing.
posted by emeiji at 10:51 PM on December 13, 2011
When writing verse, it's often the last line that seems forced/imperfect because it needs to tie the entire stanza together. How about making the second line into the last line and crafting a new second line? Like this:
It's a long way to fall
You've given in after all
And there's no-one there to catch you
at the bottom of the wall
posted by yeti at 1:41 PM on December 14, 2011
It's a long way to fall
You've given in after all
And there's no-one there to catch you
at the bottom of the wall
posted by yeti at 1:41 PM on December 14, 2011
Response by poster: Yeah, that's basically the approach I took eventually, Yeti. I have a bunch of variations on exactly that theme with different second lines.
posted by unSane at 2:06 PM on December 14, 2011
posted by unSane at 2:06 PM on December 14, 2011
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