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. eye (noun): the organ of vision
2. ai (noun): a three-toed sloth
3. aye (adv.): yes
4. I (pronoun): 1st person
singular
The pirate
(who had lost an eye)
Was fond of
answering with “Aye!”
When sailors
asked about the pain
Of never
having sight again.
The pirate’s
pet—a gentle ai—
Remained confused
and had to sigh.
These humans
sounds! So much the same!
He wondered
who should bear the blame.
(The bear
aboard cared not for that—
And ate the
ai in seconds flat.)
The pirate
cried aloud, “Oh, why!
Was ever one
so grieved as I?”
“Aye,
aye!”—his shipmates’ bold reply.
The parrot
echoed (tried to fly).
And so they
sailed into the east,
Were there
consumed (that Kraken beast).
The Jolly
Roger sank from sight,
As day
descended into night.
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