Transcript Rhyme & Rhyme Scheme - Nova Scotia Department of Education

Rhyme & Rhyme Scheme
Rhyme
Rhyming words have the same end sound
Ex. ball and fall; share and care; glad and bad
Keep in mind that rhyme depends on
sound, not on spelling
Here and There do not rhyme but have similar
spelling
Here and Fear do rhyme
Rhyming Pairs
Rearrange this list of words into rhyming pairs:
Tough
Dough
Stood
Pair
Blue
Weighed
Toe
Here
Spite
Smile
Enough
Should
Mare
Through
Said
Dear
Aisle
Bread
Made
Pearl
Die
Fly
Twirl
Plight
Rhyme Scheme
A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyming
lines in a poem or in lyrics for music. It is
usually referred to by using letters to
indicate which lines rhyme.
Rhyme Scheme
For example "abab" indicates a four-line
stanza in which the first and third lines
rhyme, as do the second and fourth.
Bid me to weep, and I will weep,
While I have eyes to see;
And having none, yet I will keep
A heart to weep for thee.
Label the Rhyme Scheme
Murmuring how she loved me -- she
Too weak, for all her heart's endeavour,
To set its struggling passion free
From pride, and vainer ties dissever,
And give herself to me for ever.
Rhyme Scheme: a b a b b
Cinquain
Label the Rhyme Scheme
I THINK that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the sweet earth's flowing breast;
Rhyme Scheme: a a b b
Couplets
Label the Rhyme Scheme
There once was a man from Nantucket
Who kept all his cash in a bucket.
But his daughter, named Nan,
Ran away with a man
And as for the bucket, Nantucket.
Rhyme Scheme: a a b b a
Limerick
Limericks
A limerick is a five-line poem written with
one couplet and one triplet.
If a couplet is a two-line rhymed poem, then a
triplet would be a three-line rhymed poem.
The rhyme pattern is a a b b a with lines 1,
2 and 5 containing 3 beats and rhyming,
and lines 3 and 4 having two beats and
rhyming.
Limericks
Some people say that the limerick was
invented by soldiers returning from France
to the Irish town of Limerick in the 1700's.
Limericks are meant to be funny.
The last line of a good limerick contains
the PUNCH LINE or "heart of the joke."
Complete this Limerick
There once was a pauper named Meg
Who accidentally broke her _______.
She slipped on the ______.
Not once, but thrice
Take no pity on her, I __________.
Writing Limericks
 Make a list of 5 – 6 places you have
visited or lived (cities, provinces/states,
countries, etc.)
 Choose 2 places that are easiest to
rhyme.
 Brainstorm at least 3 words that rhyme
with that word
 Beijing: bring, fling, king, Ming, opening, ring,
sing, sling, sting, thing…
Writing a Limerick
Using the templates below, write a limerick
by filling in your words.
You must use past tense.
There once was a ______________ from __________________.
All the while s/he hoped _______________________________.
So s/he _______________________________.
And _________________________________.
That ___________________ from ________________________.