Understand Rhyme, Rhythm, and Rhyme Scheme in Poetry

Rhyme/Rhythm/Rhyme Scheme By Kaden Rauchensteiner

Explanation of Rules Rhyme: correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry Rhythm: the measured flow of words and phrases in verse or prose as determined by the relation of long and short or stressed and unstressed syllables: Rhyme Scheme: Rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyme that comes at the end of each verse or line in poetry. A rhyme scheme is the pattern of sounds that repeats at the end of a line or stanza. Rhyme schemes can change line by line, stanza by stanza, or can continue throughout a poem.

Examples Twinkle, twinkle, little star How I wonder what you are Up above the world so high Like a diamond in the sky Twinkle, twinkle, little star How I wonder what you are

Breakdown of example The rhyme scheme of this poem can be determined by looking at the end word in each line. The first line ends in the word 'star', and the second line ends in the word 'are'. Because the two words rhyme, they both are given the letter 'A'. 'A' signifies that we have found the first rhyme in the poem.

Examples I have a cat. (A) I have a mouse. (B) I have a hat. (A) I have a house. (B)

Breakdown of example The above poem shows labeled ABAB rhyme scheme in a very simple format . Cat and hat rhyme (A) and mouse and house rhyme (B); when each line is labeled by its rhyme, the pattern is ABAB.

Examples The people along the sand All turn and look one way. They turn their back on the land. They look at the sea all day. As long as it takes to pass A ship keeps raising its hull; The wetter ground like glass Reflects a standing gull The land may vary more; But wherever the truth may be- The water comes ashore, And the people look at the sea. They cannot look out far. They cannot look in deep. But when was that ever a bar To any watch they keep?" In this poem, each stanza with four lines, follows an ABAB rhyme pattern. When looked at as a whole, the rhyme scheme is as follows

Breakdown of example In this poem, each stanza with four lines, follows an ABAB rhyme pattern. When looked at as a whole, the rhyme scheme is as follows ABAB (Rhyme A is sand and land. Rhyme B is way and day.) CDCD (Rhyme C is pass and glass. Rhyme D is hull and gull.) EFEF (Rhyme E is more and ashore. Rhyme F is be and sea.) GHGH (Rhyme G is far and bar. Rhyme H is deep and keep.)

Create 3 Examples ABAB Four-line stanza, first and third lines rhyme at the end, second and fourth lines rhyme at the end. Its almost that time, the end of the year Chill out, sleep in Finally freedom is near, Thinking of summer feels like a win Do some work, get paid and have some fun, Hang at the movies and the lake Chilling with friends in the sun Looking forward to the many memories we ll make.

Create 3 Examples Simple four-line rhyme. These poems follow a rhyme scheme of ABCB throughout the entire poem. Tubing, skiing, hanging at the lake Good times to be had, Can t wait to be with family and friends Ain t no time to be sad.

Create 3 Examples Limerick. A limerick is a five-line poem with the rhyme scheme AABBA. My sister can be funny And she loves to eat her honey She sometimes can be crazy But says she s never lazy And she tries to steal my money.

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