Sound and Sense, 54

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.

1. days (noun—plural): more than one 24-hour cycle; specified time or period

2. daze (verb): to stupefy, esp. buy a blow; to dazzle with light (noun): the condition of being stupefied or dazzled

Oh, never—never!—in my days

Have you not managed to amaze

Me—leave me in a perfect daze.

Such days have passed—in thousands—and

I recognize that I still stand

Because I hold your loving hand.

Yes, life we know can strike, can daze,

And damage us in many ways.

But you’re immortal in my gaze.

You know why I place you above—

You know what I am dreaming of:

Eternal days with you, my love.