What is rhyme?

Words sound alike because they share the same ending vowel and consonant sounds.

(A word always rhymes with itself.)

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Share the short “a” vowel soundShare the combined “mp” consonant sound

What is a Rhyming Poem?

*A line is a single row of words in a poem. A rhyming poem is a verse poem that

contains rhyming words at the end of certain lines.

Example: Night time by Lee Bennet Hopkins

How do dreams know

when to creep

into my head

when I fall off

to Sleep?

RHYME SCHEME

A rhyme scheme is a pattern of rhyme (usually end rhyme, but not always).

Use the letters of the alphabet to represent sounds to be able to visually “see” the pattern. (See next slide for an example.)

SAMPLE RHYME SCHEME

The Monster Chef

The monster chef cooked up a meal, Of spotted toad and speckled eel. He threw some socks into a pot And boiled buttons piping hot.

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SAMPLE RHYME SCHEME The Germ by Ogden Nash

A mighty creature is the germ, Though smaller than the pachyderm.

His customary dwelling place Is deep within the human race.

His childish pride he often pleases By giving people strange diseases. Do you, my poppet, feel infirm? You probably contain a germ.

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A Rhyming PoemMarty Smarty went to a party

In her jumbo jet.

After tea she jumped in the sea

And got her pants all wet.

John Foster

Can you identify the rhyme scheme of this poem?

A Rhyming PoemMarty Smarty went to a party

In her jumbo jet.

After tea she jumped in the sea

And got her pants all wet.

John Foster

Can you identify the rhyme scheme of this poem?

Rhyming words

A Rhyming PoemMarty Smarty went to a party

In her jumbo jet.

After tea she jumped in the sea

And got her pants all wet.

John Foster

Can you identify the rhyme scheme of this poem?

Rhyming words

A Rhyming PoemMarty Smarty went to a party

In her jumbo jet.

After tea she jumped in the sea

And got her pants all wet.

John Foster

Can you identify the rhyme scheme of this poem?

A

B

A

B

pattern

FREE VERSE POETRY cont.

Does NOT have rhyme.

Very conversational - sounds like someone talking with you. (no specific rhythm)

A more modern type of poetry.

FREE VERSE

Winter PoemNikki Giovanni

once a snowflake fell

on my brow and i loved

it and it was happy and called its cousins

and brothers and a web

of snow engulfed me then

i reached to love them all

and i squeezed them and they became

a spring rain and i stood perfectly

still and was a flower

FREE VERSEVital QuestionGordon & Bernice Korman

If a poem doesn’t rhyme –How do you know

It’s a poem?

If it’s about sunsets and flowers, well okay.

But some of them might be about termites, and rats,Cockroaches, earwigs, bedbugs

and silverfish,Battalions of cooties,

And are more like the exterminator’s reportThan a poem.

So, how do you know it’s a poemIf it doesn’t rhyme?

LYRIC POETRY

A short poem Usually written in first person point of view Expresses an emotion or an idea or

describes a scene Do not tell a story and are often musical

NARRATIVE POEMS

A poem that tells a story. Generally longer than the lyric styles of

poetry b/c the poet needs to establish characters and a plot.

Examples of Narrative Poems

“The Raven”

“The Highwayman”

“Casey at the Bat”

“The Walrus and the Carpenter”

CONCRETE POEMS

In concrete poems, the words are arranged to create a picture that relates to the content of the poem.

PoetryIs like Flames,

Which areSwift and elusive

Dodging realizationSparks, like words on the

Paper, leap and dance in theFlickering firelight. The fieryTongues, formless and shiftingShapes, tease the imiagination.

Yet for those who see,Through their mind’s

Eye, they burnUp the page.

What is alliteration?

When two or more words in a poem begin with the same letter or sound

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, how many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?

What is repetition?

Repeated words or phrases Repetition of sounds, words, and ideas

adds to the power and precision of poetry. Sometimes the first line of the poem is

repeated at the end. Sometimes a word or phrases is repeated

within the poem to enhance the rhythm.

What is onomatopoeia?

Words that imitate the sound they are naming

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What is a simile?

A comparison using “like” or “as” It usually compares two dissimilar objects.

Example: My pillow is like a cloud.

Example: My pillow is as puffy as a cloud.

What is a metaphor? States that one thing is something else. It is a comparison, but it does NOT use

“like” or “as” to make the comparison.

Example: My pillow is a cloud.

What is personification? Giving human qualities, feelings,

actions, or characteristics to an inanimate (non-living) object (thing, idea, or animal).

Example: The leaf danced in the wind.

The verb, danced, is a human action. A leaf is an inanimate object.

What is imagery?

The use of vivid description, usually rich in sensory words, to create pictures or images in the reader’s mind

Most images are visual, but they can also appeal to the senses of sound, touch, taste, or smell.

Involves one or more of your five senses

Example: A mouse found a beautiful piece of plum cake,The richest and sweetest that mortal could make;‘Twas heavy with citron and fragrant with spice,and covered with sugar all sparkling as ice.