Understanding Poetry and Rhyme Schemes

The placement and frequency of rhyming words in a poem, noted by a pattern with letters, is like a map guiding the flow of sounds.

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

The lady who has loved you as you've grown

Will always love and cherish you for all time, like the sun that never fails to shine.

She has the greatest heart ever known.

What kind of stanza are these lines from a poem?

• couplet

• tercet

• quatrain

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Poetry that does not follow a set pattern or form, like a river flowing freely without banks to guide it.

• blank verse

• free verse

• refrain

• mataphor

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

It's windy up the hill, like a flag fluttering in the breeze

The journey will be joy

specially for a boy

new adventures he can fulfill

seeking the best

and forgetting the rest

• abbcca

• abbacc

• bbccaa

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

What's the rhyme scheme?

You put the boom boom into my heart, like thunder rolling through the night,

You send my soul sky high when your lovin' starts, bright as a star's first light.

Jitterbug into my brain,

Goes bang bang bang till my feet do the same.

But something's bugging me

Something ain't right

My best friend told me

Where you were last night.

• AABBCCDD

• AABCDBCD

• ABCDABCD

• AABBCDCD

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

Is this an example of blank verse, like a river flowing smoothly with only a few ripples?

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which poem matches the rhyme scheme ABBA, like a puzzle with pieces that fit perfectly together?

• I stubbed my toe

  It hurts a whole bunch

  I wish I had handfuls

  Of pizza to munch

• Roses are red

  Violets are blue

  Wait, they're blue?

  Shouldn't they be violet?

• I just saw a cow

  He wore bright green pants

  And did a fun dance

  My one thought was "Wow"

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Which poem matches the rhyme scheme ABBA, like a puzzle fitting together perfectly?

• I stubbed my toe

  It hurts a whole bunch

  I wish I had handfuls

  Of pizza to munch

• Roses are red

  Violets are blue

  Wait, they're blue?

  Shouldn't they be violet?

• I just saw a cow

  He wore bright green pants

  And did a fun dance

  My one thought was "Wow"

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

Which of the following are examples of rhyme, like words that sound as similar as two peas in a pod?

• blocks , locks

• fridge, cat

• pat, scratch

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

What is a couplet, like two peas in a pod?

• a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme

• a stanza or poem with 4 lines, usually with alternate rhymes

• a pair of successive lines of verse

• a play on the meaning of words

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4