Rhyme

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REVISITING CHILDHOOD AND NURSERY
RHYMES
 Rhyme is --

--a repetition of accented vowel sounds and all

succeeding sounds in words that appear close
together in verse –
For example, sky, pie, why, lie, try, eye
Notice it is NOT spelling of the word that matters,
but the SOUND of the word.
 End Rhyme

The rhyme sound is placed at the end of the line of

poetry.
The most common type of rhyme.

“Jack and Jill

Went up a hill
To fetch a pail of water.”
 Internal Rhyme

Repeats sounds within the lines of poetry.

“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered

weak and weary”
- Edgar Allan Poe
 Approximate Rhyme

The final rhyming sounds are close, but not exactly

the same.
Popular with many modern poets.

“All of the evening softly lit

As an astral hall –
“Father,” I observed to Heaven,
“You are punctual!” - Emily Dickinson
 Masculine/Feminine Rhyme

In masculine rhyme, the rhyme is exact and the last

word in two lines rhyme.
“Little Jack Horner
Sat in the corner”

In feminine rhyme, the rhyme sound is followed by

another syllables that is the same in two lines.
“ Cry Baby Bunting
Daddy’s gone a-hunting”
 Rhyme Scheme

The pattern of rhymes in a stanza or poem.

To determine rhyme scheme, simply put a small
letter after each line. Lines that rhyme should have
the same letter. If a line does not rhyme with any
previous line, give it a new letter.
The rhyme scheme is indicated by the list of letters.
 Example of Rhyme Scheme

Notice the rhyme scheme in the following short

poem: “Slowly” by Mary Coleridge

 “Heavy is my heart, a
Dark are thine eyes. b
Thou and I must part a
Ere the sun rise. b

This rhyme scheme is abab

 Rhyme Scheme carries

No matter in what verse of that poem, if the end

rhyme matches “heart” or “part” – that line gets a
letter “a”.
Any time the word at the end of the line does not
match a previous end word, give it a new letter.
Soon you’ll easily see the pattern the author has
created.