Identifying Rhyme Patterns

Time to Rise

 ~ by Robert Louis Stevenson

A birdie with a yellow bill

Hopped upon the window-sill.

Cocked his shining eye and said:

"Ain't you 'shamed, you sleepy-head?"

What is the rhyme pattern of the poem?

• A, A, B, B

• A, B, A, B

• A, B, B, A

Rain

The rain is raining all around,

It falls on field and tree,

It rains on the umbrellas here,

And on the ships at sea. 

• A, B, B, A

• A, B, C, B

• A, A, B, B

A Thought

It is very nice to think

The world is full of meat and drink,

With little children saying grace

In every Christian kind of place.

• A, A, B, B

• A, B, A, B

• A, B, B, A

Peas and Honey

I eat my peas with honey,

I've done it all my life.

It makes the peas taste funny,

But it keeps them on my knife. 

• A, B, B, A

• A, A, B, B

• A, B, A, B

Looking Forward

When I am grown to man's estate

I shall be very proud and great,

And tell the other girls and boys

Not to meddle with my toys. 

• A, B, B, A

• A, A, B, B

• A, B, A, B

Doctor Foster

Doctor Foster went to Glo'ster,

In a shower of rain;

He stepped in a puddle right up to his middle,

And never went there again. 

• A, B, C, B

• A, A, B, B

• A, B, B, A

The Wise Old Owl

There was an old owl who lived in an oak;

The more he heard, the less he spoke. 

The less he spoke, the more he heard, 

Why aren't we like that wise old bird? 

• A, B, B, A

• A, A, B, B

• A, B, A, B

Little Jack Horner

Little Jack Horner sat in a corner,

Eating a Christmas pie;

He put in his thumb, and pulled out a plum,

And said, 'What a good boy I am!' 

• A, B, C, C

• A, A, B, B

• A, B, B, A