Jingle
A jingle is a short, memorable piece of rhyming verse or songlike wording, often written to be catchy and easy to repeat. In poetry and related forms, jingles rely on rhythm, rhyme, and simple language to stick in the ear; they are common in advertising, children's verse, and light comic writing.
Unlike a longer poem, a jingle usually aims for quick recall rather than depth or complexity.
Example
Warm and golden, crisp and bright,
Bake it fresh and serve it right.
One bite, then you'll know the tune:
Golden Bake is gone by noon.
Related Definitions
[n] a comic verse of irregular measure; "he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind"
[n] a metallic sound; "the jingle of coins"; "the jangle of spurs"
[v] as of metallic objects; "The keys were jingling in his pocket"
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Related Terms
accent, accentuation, alba, Alexandrine, alliterate, alliteration, amphibrach, amphimacer, anacreontic, anacrusis, anapest, antispast, arsis, assonance, assonate, bacchius, balada, ballad, ballade, beat, bucolic, cadence, caesura, canso, cap verses, catal