(Redirected from Rio Hondo, TX) Rio Hondo is a city in Cameron County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,356 at the 2010 census. It may be included as part of the BrownsvilleâHarlingenâRaymondville and the MatamorosâBrownsville metropolitan areas.
It is one of the most well-known lines English poetry has to offer: âQuoth the raven, âNevermore.ââ It is an eerie verse found in Edgar Allan Poeâs âThe Ravenâ, and we all know what the the first word in it means. Itâs a weird, extremely uncommon verb in the past tense meaning âto sayâ. Now use the same verb to ask if the raven said ânevermore.â Did the ravenâ¦ and now most of you - excluding you language and etymology enthusiasts out there - are struggling because you donât know what the infinitive of quoth is.
n a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride) â 1 he feared that mentioning it might reopen the woundâ. â 2 deep in her breast lives the silent woundâ. â 3 The right reader of a good poem can tell the moment it strikes him that he has taken an immortal wound--that he will never get over it--Robert Frostâ.