We’re moving next
to the homophone: a word pronounced the same as another but differing in
meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air. So … contronyms are words that have contradictory meanings (sanctiion = approve and
disapprove; homophones sound alike
but to not mean the same—and often are not spelled the same, either.
cense (verb): to perfume (esp with a
censer)
sense (noun): one of the five natural
powers (verb): to detect without being told
cents (noun, pl): coins that each equal
1/100 of a dollar
since (prep and conj and adv): before
the present time
Since yesterday he had not known
His sense of smell had sharpened so.
He now could
smell a turkey bone
But also cents and nickels, Yo.
And when in
church the censer censed,
He’d long since figured out the smell.
He wished
that it were not dispensed
With such
delight—oh, what the hell.
Since he was feeling very blessed,
He figured
out he’d let it slide.
He knew his senses were the best—
He sensed the girl who’d be his bride.
But finances
were not his skill—
And soon his
family lived in tents
Upon a
distant wooded hill
With their
declining pile of cents.
No comments:
Post a Comment