Rhyme Schemes and Repetition

Identical or similar sounds at the end of lines

• line

• speaker

• rhyme

• stanza

The pattern of rhymes in a poem. For example: AABB, ABAB, ABCD, or ABBA pattern.

• rhyme scheme

• repetition

• lyric

The repeated use of a word or phrase in a poem; used for emphasis and it helps the reader remember the important parts of the poem.

• rhyme scheme

• repetition

• lyric

a two line poem and the last word of each line rhymes; usually the lines have the same number of syllables.

• Limerick

• Couplet

• Haiku

• Free Verse

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

Choose the next line to make the lyrics an ABAB rhyme scheme?

• You wouldn't walk out the door.

• One plus one makes two.

• No more than mysteries and lies.

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Rhyme Scheme

Application

The most common type of rhyme scheme is...

• end rhyme

• internal rhyme

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