Poetry
Basics
Rhyme
Rhythm
5-step
method for writing poetry
Understanding
both rhyme and rhythm can help your students write poems that are clever and
fun to read.
Rhyme:
From
a young age, we become aware of words that rhyme. Such as:
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Long |
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Strong |
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Rhyme |
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Time |
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Go |
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Slow |
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Past |
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Fast |
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Never |
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Clever |
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One
of the simplest rhyming patterns is the ABCB pattern. Used in four line
verses, this arrangement rhymes the ending syllables on the second and fourth lines.
A
= Line 1, ending syllable does not rhyme with another line
B
= Line 2, ending syllable rhymes with Line 4
C
= Line 3, ending syllable does not rhyme with another line
B
= Line 4, ending syllable rhymes with Line 2
Here
is an example of the ABCB pattern:
My
shadow's being stubborn,
its keeping me outside.
It's clinging to the fencepost;
I can't go in, I've tried.
Copyright
© Derby Hampton. Permission is granted to use this poetry verse for classroom instruction.
The ABCB
arrangement is generally the easiest to
rhyme. Other basic patterns included AABB and ABAB.
Click
here for a list of rhyming words that are some of the easiest
words with which to rhyme. Lexical FreeNet
is a good online resource for finding rhyming words.
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