Poetry Terms Review- Rhymes and Rhyme Schemes

a ____ is a subdivision of a poem, specifically a group of words arranged into a row that ends for a reason other than the right-hand margin.

A _______ is a group of lines within a poem, usually set off from others by a blank line

A ______________ is the termination of the line of a poem and the beginning of a new line.

In general, the repetition of the syllables at the end of a line of verse or poetry. (Words that have the same sound when spoken.)

The rhyming of the last words in the lines of poetry. (the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or song.)

Poems that do not have a rhyme scheme

When determining the rhyme scheme of a poem or song, we generally use ___________ to indicate the rhyme scheme.

What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem? ("Dreams" by Langston Hughes)

Hold fast to dreams/

For if dreams die/

Life is a broken-winged bird/

That cannot fly./

What is the rhyme scheme of "What are Heavy" by Christina Rossetti?

What are heavy? Sea-sand and sorrow/

What are brief? Today and tomorrow/

What are frail? Spring blossoms and youth/

What are deep? The ocean and truth.

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When I am dead and over me bright April/

Shakes out her rain-drenched hair/

Tho' you should lean above me broken-hearted/

I shall not care./

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