Rhyme & Rhyme Scheme

Rhyme Rhyming words have the same end sound Ex. ball and fall; share and care; glad and bad Keep in mind that rhyme depends on sound, not on spelling Here and There do not rhyme but have similar spelling Here and Fear do rhyme

Rhyming Pairs Tough Dough Stood Pair Blue Weighed Toe Here Spite Smile Rearrange this list of words into rhyming pairs: Tough Dough Stood Pair Blue Weighed Toe Here Spite Smile Enough Should Mare Through Said Dear Aisle Bread Made Pearl Die Fly Twirl Plight

Rhyme Scheme A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyming lines in a poem or in lyrics for music. It is usually referred to by using letters to indicate which lines rhyme.

Rhyme Scheme For example "abab" indicates a four-line stanza in which the first and third lines rhyme, as do the second and fourth. Bid me to weep, and I will weep, While I have eyes to see; And having none, yet I will keep A heart to weep for thee.

Label the Rhyme Scheme Murmuring how she loved me -- she Too weak, for all her heart's endeavour, To set its struggling passion free From pride, and vainer ties dissever, And give herself to me for ever. Rhyme Scheme: a b a b b Cinquain

Label the Rhyme Scheme I THINK that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the sweet earth's flowing breast; Rhyme Scheme: a a b b Couplets

Label the Rhyme Scheme There once was a man from Nantucket Who kept all his cash in a bucket. But his daughter, named Nan, Ran away with a man And as for the bucket, Nantucket. Rhyme Scheme: a a b b a Limerick

Limericks A limerick is a five-line poem written with one couplet and one triplet. If a couplet is a two-line rhymed poem, then a triplet would be a three-line rhymed poem. The rhyme pattern is a a b b a with lines 1, 2 and 5 containing 3 beats and rhyming, and lines 3 and 4 having two beats and rhyming.

Limericks Some people say that the limerick was invented by soldiers returning from France to the Irish town of Limerick in the 1700's. Limericks are meant to be funny. The last line of a good limerick contains the PUNCH LINE or "heart of the joke."

Complete this Limerick There once was a pauper named Meg Who accidentally broke her _______. She slipped on the ______. Not once, but thrice Take no pity on her, I __________.

Writing Limericks Make a list of 5 – 6 places you have visited or lived (cities, provinces/states, countries, etc.) Choose 2 places that are easiest to rhyme. Brainstorm at least 3 words that rhyme with that word Beijing: bring, fling, king, Ming, opening, ring, sing, sling, sting, thing…

Writing a Limerick Using the templates below, write a limerick by filling in your words. You must use past tense. There once was a ______________ from __________________. All the while s/he hoped _______________________________. So s/he _______________________________. And _________________________________. That ___________________ from ________________________.