Rhyme Schemes in Poems

a 4-line poem with one of several schemes (also a stanza in a longer poem); the usual rhyme schemes include ABCB, AABB or ABAB

• quatrain

• limerick

• free verse

• ballad

a two-line poem with both lines rhyming

• bi-poem

• couplet

• narrative

• ballac

a humorous 5-line poem; usually begins with "There once was a..."; the third and fourth lines are shorter than lines 1, 3, & 5; rhyme scheme is AABBA

• limerick

• haiku

• quatrain

• free verse

Which of the following is defined as the most common type of rhyme in poetry which occurs when the last words in two or more lines of a poem rhyme with each other?

• Rhyming Couplet

• Slant Rhyme

• Internal rhyme

• End rhyme

rhymes at the ends of lines

• complete rhyme

• partial rhyme

• internal rhyme

• end rhyme

It is a pattern in which the last words at the end of lines of poetry sound alike.

• a. Alliteration

• b. Assonance

• c. Internal Rhyme

• d. End Rhyme

The most common type of rhyme scheme is...

• end rhyme

• internal rhyme

words usually at the ends of lines of poems that sound the same

• rhythm

• meter

• refrian

• rhyme

A _____________ is a humorous, five line poem with a specific meter and rhyme scheme.

• narrative

• haiku

• limerick

• humorous

“There was an old man from Peru
Who dreamt he was eating his shoe.
He awoke in a fright
In the middle of the night
And found it was perfectly true.”

• couplet

• haiku

• limerick

• cinquain