rhymesters
Makers of verses
Rhymesters are people who write verse, especially light or amateurish poetry.
The term carries a dismissive edge, suggesting someone who strings rhymes together without much artistry: The coffeehouse was full of would-be rhymesters reading their work.
Compare poetaster.
Also spelled rhymsters.
One composing metrical lines
- bardPoet of epics
- sonneteerWriter of fourteen-line poems
- balladeerSinger of narrative songs
- troubadourMedieval Provençal lyric poet
minstrel · laureate · poetess · elegist · satirist · wordsmith · fabulist · pamphleteer
Two successive verse lines
- assonanceVowel sound repetition
- consonanceHarmonious sound combination
- alliterationMatching initial consonants
- meterDevice that measures usage
cadence · stanza · quatrain · limerick · sonnet · iambic · pentameter · enjambment
Writer of song texts
- songwriterOne who composes music
- librettistOpera's text writer
- composerCreator of musical works
- rapperHip-hop vocal artist
emcee · freestyler · hook · chorus · refrain · verse · bridge · ballad
versifier
One composing metrical lines
troubadour · minstrel · laureate · poetess · elegist · satirist · wordsmith · fabulist · pamphleteer · punster
couplet
Two successive verse lines
- assonanceVowel sound repetition
- consonanceHarmonious sound combination
- alliterationMatching initial consonants
meter · cadence · stanza · quatrain · limerick · sonnet · iambic · pentameter · enjambment · scansion
lyricist
Writer of song texts
- songwriterOne who composes music
- librettistOpera's text writer
- composerCreator of musical works
rapper · emcee · freestyler · hook · chorus · refrain · verse · bridge · ballad · anthem
rhymestersnovelists
Writers of long-form fiction
essayists · fiction writers · journalists · columnists · speechwriters