<p>Cole Porter's "You're the Top."  Eighteenth Century bouts-rimés.  The poetic task of making arbitrary rhymes make sense. Jakobson on the poetic function of language.</p>

Cole Porter's "You're the Top." Eighteenth Century bouts-rimés. The poetic task of making arbitrary rhymes make sense. Jakobson on the poetic function of language.

<p>Cole Porter's "You're the Top."&nbsp; Eighteenth Century bouts-rimés.&nbsp; The poetic task of making arbitrary rhymes make sense. Jakobson on the poetic function of language.</p>

Rhyme: Making the Arbitrary Make Sense

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