1. Rhyme and Meter & Paraphrase Poetry Collection 7

2. F.L.T Today, I will be able to… examine rhyme and meter develop the skill of paraphrasing identify the vocabulary words found in the poem –So that I can gain deeper insight into the poetic genre.

3. Literary Analysis: Rhyme and Meter Rhyme: the ____________ of sounds at the ________ of words. Types of Rhyme Exact rhyme: the repetition of words that end with the same ___________ and consonant sounds. –example: love and dove Slant rhyme: the repetition of words that end with _________ sounds –example: prove and glove End rhyme: the rhyming of words at the _______ of lines Internal rhyme: the rhyming of words _________ a line repeated pattern end vowel similar ends within

4. Rhyme Scheme Definition: a _________ of end rhymes in a poem or _________. A _________ is assigned to each set of rhyming sounds. Example – “Ring Out, Wild Bells” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,a The flying cloud, the frosty lightb The year is dying in the night;b Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.a pattern stanzaletter

5. Rhyme Scheme cont. Let’s find the rhyme together for “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll ‘Twas brillig, and the slithy toves___ Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:___ All mimsy were the borogroves,___ And the mome raths outgraves___ a a a b

6. Your turn: Find the rhyme scheme for “Casey at the Bat” by Ernest Lawrence Thayer It looked extremely rocky for the Mudville nine that day __ The score stood two to four, with but an inning left to play. __ So, when Cooney died at second, and Burrows did the same, __ A pallor wreathed the features of the patrons of the game. __

7. Meter Definition: it is the rhythmical (repeated) pattern of ____________ (´) and ______________ (  ) syllables. – The stress (´) goes on the syllable that is accented. –The unstressed (  ) goes on the syllable that is unaccented. –Watch video of meter and rhyme –Let’s play with your name –Find the meter in the following nursery rhyme. stressed unstressed

8. Let’s take a look at “Humpty Dumpty” 1 Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Hump ty / Dump ty / sat on / a wall 2Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. 3All the King's horses, And all the King's men 4Couldn't put Humpty together again!

9. Reading Skill: Paraphrase Definition: ____________ in your own words what someone else has written or said. A ___________ retains the meaning, but it is simpler to read and understand. One way to paraphrase is to _______ down long sentences. by doing this you can enjoy a poem’s fluid quality without missing its meaning. restating paraphrase break