het·ero·nym
Noun: one of two
or more homographs [words that are spelled the same]
that differ in
pronunciation and meaning
(such as a bass voice and bass, a fish)
First Known Use:
circa 1889
50: raven
“I want to raven”—so he said
While he lay, hungry, in his bed.
Outside, a raven heard the
man,
And since it was a kind of fan
Of humans (guys like Edgar Poe),
He thought he’d try to help, you know?
And so he tap, tap, tapped upon
The bedroom door—at crack of dawn.
The man in bed was frightened now—
He feared that tapping sound somehow.
And when he opened, looked outside,
He saw—well—something that
had died.
The raven left there on the floor
A critter that was nevermore.
The man decided not to eat.
“I think,” he said, “that is no treat.”
And he went on a diet, Yo.
And ravenous? Oh, not no mo’!
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