Rhyme Scheme and You A Safety Guide

Rhyme Definition Words that sound the same Usually at the end of lines of poetry Cat, hat, mat Ham, Sam-I-am, Ram Box, fox, socks Perfect rhyme

Freedom of Rhyme in Poetry You can play with words. Modify them in spelling, pronunciation to fit. Make up words! Near / Slant rhyme Prove / love

Examples Mozzarella, parmesan, Eat your Feta before dawn.

Rhyme Scheme Definition The pattern in which the rhymed line‐endings are arranged in a poem. Use the alphabet to label Keep track of rhyme throughout the ENTIRE poem / song

How We Label Rhyme Scheme Lines that rhyme are labeled with the same letter Step one you say we need to talk He walks you say sit down it's just a talk He smiles politely back at you You stare politely right on through Some sort of window to your right As he goes left and you stay right Between the lines of fear and blame You begin to wonder why you came A B C D

The Limerick 'Tis a favorite project of mine, - A A new value of pi to assign. - A I would fix it at 3, - B For it's simpler, you see, - B Than 3 point 1 4 1 5 9 - A

Poem Definitions Some formats defined by their rhyme Exact and unchanging rhyme scheme Sonnets Limericks Cinquains Blues songs! Opposite of free verse or blank verse (two different things!)

Rhyme Scheme and You A Safety Guide

Rhyme Scheme of this Sonnet? Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimm'd; But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou growest; So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

Answer! Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? A Thou art more lovely and more temperate: B Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, A And summer's lease hath all too short a date: B Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, C And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; D And every fair from fair sometime declines, C By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimm'd; D But thy eternal summer shall not fade, E Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; F Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, E When in eternal lines to time thou growest; F So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, G So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. G

What is the Rhyme Scheme? Do you know what's worth fighting for? When it's not worth dying for? Does it take your breath away And you feel yourself suffocating? Does the pain weigh out the pride? And you look for a place to hide? Did someone break your heart inside? You're in ruins

What is the Rhyme Scheme? His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready To drops bombs, but he keeps on forgetting What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud He opens his mouth but the words won't come out He's chokin’, how? Everybody's jokin’ now The clock's run out, time's up, over - BLAOW! Snap back to reality, OHH! there goes gravity OHH! there goes Rabbit, He choked He's so mad, but he won't Give up that easy nope, he won't have it He knows, his whole back's to these ropes It don't matter, he's dope He knows that, but he's broke He's so sad that he knows When he goes back to this mobile home, That's when it's Back to the lab again, yo, this whole rap shift He better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him

Answers His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy - A There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti - A He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready - A To drops bombs, but he keeps on forgetting - A What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud - B He opens his mouth but the words won't come out - C He's chokin’, how? - D Everybody's jokin’ now - D The clock's run out, time's up, over - BLAOW! - D Snap back to reality, OHH! there goes gravity - A OHH! there goes Rabbit, - E He choked - F He's so mad, but he won't - G Give up that easy nope, he won't have it - H He knows, his whole back's to these ropes - I It don't matter, he's dope - I He knows that, but he's broke - I He's so sad that he knows - J When he goes back to this mobile home, - K That's when it's - L Back to the lab again, yo, this whole rap shift - M He better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him - N