Transcript Rhyme and Meter & Paraphrase

Rhyme and Meter
&
Paraphrase
Poetry Collection 7
Rhyme
repeated pattern of sounds at the
Definition: the ____________
end
________
of words.
Types of Rhyme
• Exact rhyme: the repetition of words that end with the same
vowel
___________
and consonant sounds.
– example: love and dove
similar
• Slant rhyme: the repetition of words that end with _________
sounds
– example: prove and glove
ends of lines
• End rhyme: the rhyming of words at the _______
within
• Internal rhyme: the rhyming of words _________
a line
Rhyme Scheme
pattern
Definition: a _________
of end rhymes in a poem or
stanza
letter
_________.
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,
The flying cloud, the frosty light
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.
a
b
b
a
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
___
b
___
a
___
a
___
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.
__
__
__
__
Meter
Darth Vader decided to crush the rebel soldier.
Luke Skywalker will rebel against his father's wishes.
Definition: the formal, regular organization of
stressed
unstressed
____________
(-) and ______________
() syllables.
– The stress (- or `) goes on the syllable that is accented.
– The unstressed () goes on the syllable that is unaccented.
– What is the meter of your name?
Let’s take a look at “Humpty
Dumpty”
1
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
u
u - u - - u
Hump ty Dump ty sat on a wall
2
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
u
u
- u - u
Hump ty Dump ty had a great fall
3
All the King's horses, And all the King's men
u u - u u
All the King’s hor ses and All the King’s men
4
Couldn't put Humpty together again!
u
- u
- - u - - u
Could n't put hum pty to ge ther a gain
Foot
unit
Definition: the ____________
used to
measure meter distinguished by number of
syllables and how stress is placed on
those syllables
–
The stress (´ or -) goes on the syllable that is accented.
–
The unstressed () goes on the syllable that is unaccented.
– What is the meter of your name?
– Find the meter in the following nursery rhyme.
Let’s take a look at “Humpty
Dumpty”
1
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Hump ty / Dump ty / sat on / a wall
2
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
Hump ty / Dump ty / had a / great fall
3
All the King's horses, And all the King's men
All the King’s / hor ses and / All the King’s / men
4
Couldn't put Humpty together again!
Could n't put / hum pty to / ge ther a / gain
Meter and Feet
Types of Meter:
- Tetrameter
- Pentameter
- Hexameter
Types of Feet:
-
iamb (u -)
trochee (- u)
anapest (uu -)
dactyl (- uu)
spondee (--)
Turn to pg 142 of Barron’s