Song of the Witches:
“Double, double toil and trouble”
BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (from Macbeth)
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and caldron bubble.
Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the caldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and howlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and caldron bubble.
Cool it with a baboon's blood,
Then the charm is firm and good.
Investigation: Who was William Shakespeare and when did he write this poem?
Other words that rhyme with double, trouble and bubble:
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redouble
make or become much greater, more intense, or more numerous e.g."we will redouble our efforts to reform agricultural policy".
make or become much greater, more intense, or more numerous e.g."we will redouble our efforts to reform agricultural policy".
rubble
waste or rough fragments of stone, brick, concrete, etc., especially as the debris from the demolition of buildings e.g. "two buildings collapsed, trapping scores of people in the rubble"
stubble
the cut stalks of cereal plants left sticking out of the ground after the grain is harvested e.g. "a field of stubble" or short, stiff hairs growing on a part of the body that has not been shaved for a while, especially on a man’s face e.g. "she ran her fingers over the dark stubble on his cheeks".
Phrases involving the word double:
double trouble as opposed to simply trouble.
What's the difference between regular trouble and double trouble?
What's the difference between regular trouble and double trouble?
double down is an intransitive verb.
If I double down in an effort to get a job done, what am I doing?
double up / double over
If I double up or over in pain, what is happening to me?
double back
If I double back to retrieve something that I left behind, what am I doing?
double take
If I glance at someone and then do a double take, what am I doing?
double-A
I bought some double-A batteries. What type of batteries are these?
double agent as opposed to a regular agent.
What is the difference between a regular agent and a double agent?
double or nothing
I'm gambling and I decide to go for double or nothing. What am I doing?
double-action as opposed to a regular action.
What is the difference between a double-action gun and a regular one?
double-edged
What does it mean to say that the consequences of my actions can be double-edged?
double-dare as opposed to a regular dare.
What is the difference between a double-dare and a regular dare?
double-barrelled
What characterises a double-barrelled question?
double-breasted
What does a double-breasted suit look like?
double-parked
What do it mean if I say I'm double-parked?
double-check
If I double-check to make sure a complicated device is in working order, what am I doing?
double-quick
If I change my clothes in double-quick time what am a doing?
double life as opposed to a regular life.
If I lead of live a double life, how is this different from leading or living a normal life?
double bed as opposed to a single bed
How does a double bed differ from a single bed?
double standard
If I'm accused of having double standards, what might I be guilty of?
double time
If I'm paid double time on public holidays, what characterises this rate of pay?
on the double
If I'm told to clean up my room on the double, what am I meant to do?
time and trouble
If I take a lot of time and trouble to do something, what am doing?
stunt double
If an actor uses a stunt double in an action scene, what is the actor doing?
double entendre
Accidental humour sometimes involves a double entendre. For example, "The children made nutritious snacks" can be interpreted in two different ways. What are they?
