Trigger Warning
To, too and two are all pronounced the same,
but each word has a meaning of its own.
For, fore and four also play this game;
it’s enough to make a grown woman groan.
Last night I ate dinner at half-past –eight,
I enjoyed a very hearty repast.
No way will I weigh myself now; I’ll wait
till I lose some weight by way of a fast.
I keep a journal; each evening I write
about right and wrong things I’ve done that day.
I know no better resource for delight—
“to write is my right rite,” I always say.
Dozens of homonyms pepper our speech,
making our language much harder to teach.