1. Rhyme & Meter and Paraphrasing
Poetry Collections 7 & 8

2. F.L.T Today, I will be able to… examine rhyme & meter as I read
develop the skill of paraphrasing
so that I can better understand the poetic genre.

3. Literary Analysis: Rhyme
Definition: the _________ of ______ at the ____ of words.
repetition
sounds
ends

4. Types of Rhyme: repetition end vowel consonant repetition end similar
exact
slant
Exact rhyme: the __________ of words that ___ with the same ______ and ____________ sounds.
Like love and dove
Slant rhyme: the _________ of words that ___ with ______ sounds but DO NOT rhyme _________.
Like prove and glove
repetition
end
vowel
consonant
repetition
end
similar
perfectly

5. Types of Rhyme:
End rhyme: the _________ of words at the ____ of _____.
Internal rhyme: the ________ of words ______ a ____.
repetition
end
lines
internal
end
repetition
within
line

6. Paraphrasing the Four Types of Rhyme
Exact
Slant
End
Internal

7. Rhyme Scheme
pattern
Definition: a regular _________ of ____ rhymes in a poem or stanza. A _______ is assigned to each ____ of rhyming sounds.
EXAMPLE: Thayer opens “Casey at the Bat” with the rhyme scheme of aabb:
It looked extremely rocky for the Mudville nine that day a
The score stood two to four, with but an inning left to play a
So, when Cooney died at second, and Burrows did the same, b
A pallor wrethed the feature of the patrons of the game b
end
letter
set

8. Meter
Definition: the rhythmical ________ in a ____ of poetry that results from the arrangement of ________ (/) and ________ (U) syllables.
The stress – emphasis – (/) goes on the ______ that is ________ in natural speech.
Example: he llo or a loud
pattern
line
stressed
unstressed
syllable
accented
/ U
U /

9. Iambic Pentameter Iamb (_____) – a ________ pattern.
Definition: each _____ contains ____ iambs.
Example:
Shall I / compare / thee to / a sum / mer’s day?
Thou art / more love / ly and / more temp/ er ate.
beats
common
iambs 5
U / U / U / U / U /
U / U / U / U / U /

10. Iambs iambic dimeter – consists of _____ iambs
Example: And for / redress
iambic trimeter – consists of ____ iambs
Example: We romped / until / the pans
iambic tetrameter – consists of ____ iambs
Example: I think / that I / shall ne / ver see
two
U / U /
three
U / U / U /
four
U / U / U / U /

11. Free Verse Definition: poems that do _____ contain a ______ pattern.
not
regular

12. Blank Verse
Definition: poems that do ____ rhyme but consist of iambic ____________.
Example from Romeo and Juliet:
But soft! / What light / through yon / der win / dow breaks?
It is / the east / and Ju / liet is / the sun!
not
pentameter
U / U / U / U / U /
U / U / U / U / U /

13. Why rhyming techniques?
Because poets want to create __________ effects and achieve a sense of _________ in their poems.
musical
unity

14. Reading Skill: Paraphrasing
Definition: __________ in your ____ words what someone else has written or said.
It should be ________ to read and to understand.
To simplify the text, you should _____ down ______ sentences.
restating
own
simpler
break
long

15. Poetry Collections 7 & 8 Vocabulary P.O.S + ✔️ - Connotation
Denotation
Sentence
diverged v.
bafflement n.
depravity
rifled
disclosed
oblivion n

16. diverged (v.)
When the highway diverged, we were not sure which way to go.

17. bafflement (n.)
To the bafflement of many, the jet pilot was afraid of heights.

18. depravity (n.)
The criminal’s depravity was well-known, and his arrest was cheered.

19. rifled (v)
My little sister rifled through my drawer and took my favorite sweater.

20. disclosed (v.)
John disclosed the location of his hidden treasure.

21. oblivion (n.)
When he suffered a concussion, he was in a state of oblivion because he asked what had happened.