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. ducked (verb—past tense): lowered the
head or body suddenly to avoid being seen or hit
2. duct (noun): a pipe or tube for air,
water, electric power lines, etc., to pass through
He wished
that he had ducked that punch
That he’d
received that day at lunch.
But, focused
on his Snickers bar,
He felt a
very sudden jar
And found
himself upon the floor
Where
bluebirds twittered (there were four).
But later he
paid Puncher back—
It was a
sort of sneak attack.
His morals
and beliefs he chucked
And shoved
that Puncher in a duct.
And Puncher
has been there for years—
No use his
cries, pathetic tears.
But people
wondered on and on:
Where has that sneaky Puncher gone?
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