In this quote, poet Paul Muldoon is making a declaration about the occurrence of rhyme in tv advertisements. By saying "I'm sure," he is expressing a strong belief or conviction in his declaration. He then goes on to estimate that 50 percent of tv advertisements use rhyme, showing that it is a typical and commonly used strategy in marketing. This could be analyzed as a commentary on the power and efficiency of rhyme in recording and retaining audiences' attention. It also recommends that advertisers know the impact of rhyme and purposefully include it into their ads. In general, Muldoon's quote highlights the prevalent nature of rhyme in modern media and its function in shaping our usage practices.
This quote is written / told by Paul Muldoon somewhere between June 20, 1951 and today. He was a famous Poet from England.
The author also have 21 other quotes.
"Television brought the brutality of war into the comfort of the living room. Vietnam was lost in the living rooms of America - not on the battlefields of Vietnam"
"Television news is like a lightning flash. It makes a loud noise, lights up everything around it, leaves everything else in darkness and then is suddenly gone"
"Television sounded really different than the Ramones sounded really different than us sounded really different than Blondie sounded really different than the Sex Pistols"
"The printed page conveys information and commitment, and requires active involvement. Television conveys emotion and experience, and it's very limited in what it can do logically. It's an existential experience - there and then gone"
"I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to sit in their living rooms for a whole half hour looking at my face on their television screens"
"Janet Reno, during her confirmation hearings, said she would come down harder on porno, and lately she's talked about how violence on television has an effect on violence in the real world"
"I think it's brought the world a lot closer together, and will continue to do that. There are downsides to everything; there are unintended consequences to everything. The most corrosive piece of technology that I've ever seen is called television - but then, again, television, at its best, is magnificent"
