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Rhyme Scheme Practice
Rhyme Scheme and Figures of Speech
Shakespeare and Poetry
Rhyme – The repetition of sounds at the end of words. Examples: cat, bat, rat; light, sight, right.
Shakespeare and Poetry
End rhyme – This occurs when a word at the end of one line of poetry rhymes with a word at the end of another line.
Shakespeare and Poetry
End rhyme – This occurs when a word at the end of one line of poetry rhymes with a word at the end of another line.
It is as sure as you are Roderigo,If I were the Moor, I would not be Iago.
Shakespeare and Poetry
Rhyme scheme occurs in poems that utilize a type of rhyming called end rhyme. This is when the last word of a line rhymes with the last word of another line. The lines do not have to be consecutive.
Shakespeare and Poetry
Couplet – Two lines of poetry paired together that have end rhyme.
Quatrain – Four lines of poetry that are rhymed together. A quatrain may have an a,b,a,b rhyme scheme.
Shakespeare and Poetry
From “Sick” by Shel Silverstien (Example of Rhyme Scheme)
1 "I cannot go to school today,"2 Said little Peggy Ann McKay.3 "I have the measles and the mumps,4 A gash, a rash and purple bumps.5 My mouth is wet, my throat is dry,6 I'm going blind in my right eye.
Shakespeare and Poetry
From “Sick” by Shel Silverstien (Example of Rhyme Scheme)
1 "I cannot go to school today,"2 Said little Peggy Ann McKay.3 "I have the measles and the mumps,4 A gash, a rash and purple bumps.5 My mouth is wet, my throat is dry,6 I'm going blind in my right eye.
Shakespeare and Poetry
From “Sick” by Shel Silverstien (Example of Rhyme Scheme)
1 "I cannot go to school today,"2 Said little Peggy Ann McKay.3 "I have the measles and the mumps,4 A gash, a rash and purple bumps.5 My mouth is wet, my throat is dry,6 I'm going blind in my right eye.
Shakespeare and Poetry
From “Sick” by Shel Silverstien (Example of Rhyme Scheme)
1 "I cannot go to school today," (a)2 Said little Peggy Ann McKay.3 "I have the measles and the mumps,4 A gash, a rash and purple bumps.5 My mouth is wet, my throat is dry,6 I'm going blind in my right eye.
Shakespeare and Poetry
From “Sick” by Shel Silverstien (Example of Rhyme Scheme)
1 "I cannot go to school today," (a)2 Said little Peggy Ann McKay. (a)3 "I have the measles and the mumps,4 A gash, a rash and purple bumps.5 My mouth is wet, my throat is dry,6 I'm going blind in my right eye.
Shakespeare and Poetry
From “Sick” by Shel Silverstien (Example of Rhyme Scheme)
1 "I cannot go to school today," (a)2 Said little Peggy Ann McKay. (a)3 "I have the measles and the mumps, 4 A gash, a rash and purple bumps.5 My mouth is wet, my throat is dry,6 I'm going blind in my right eye.
Shakespeare and Poetry
From “Sick” by Shel Silverstien (Example of Rhyme Scheme)
1 "I cannot go to school today," (a)2 Said little Peggy Ann McKay. (a)3 "I have the measles and the mumps, 4 A gash, a rash and purple bumps.5 My mouth is wet, my throat is dry,6 I'm going blind in my right eye.
Shakespeare and Poetry
From “Sick” by Shel Silverstien (Example of Rhyme Scheme)
1 "I cannot go to school today," (a)2 Said little Peggy Ann McKay. (a)3 "I have the measles and the mumps, (b)4 A gash, a rash and purple bumps. (b)5 My mouth is wet, my throat is dry,6 I'm going blind in my right eye.
Shakespeare and Poetry
From “Sick” by Shel Silverstien (Example of Rhyme Scheme)
1 "I cannot go to school today," (a)2 Said little Peggy Ann McKay. (a)3 "I have the measles and the mumps, (b)4 A gash, a rash and purple bumps. (b)5 My mouth is wet, my throat is dry,6 I'm going blind in my right eye.
Shakespeare and Poetry
From “Sick” by Shel Silverstien (Example of Rhyme Scheme)
1 "I cannot go to school today," (a)2 Said little Peggy Ann McKay. (a)3 "I have the measles and the mumps, (b)4 A gash, a rash and purple bumps. (b)5 My mouth is wet, my throat is dry,6 I'm going blind in my right eye.
Shakespeare and Poetry
From “Sick” by Shel Silverstien (Example of Rhyme Scheme)
1 "I cannot go to school today," (a)2 Said little Peggy Ann McKay. (a)3 "I have the measles and the mumps, (b)4 A gash, a rash and purple bumps. (b)5 My mouth is wet, my throat is dry, (c)6 I'm going blind in my right eye.
Shakespeare and Poetry
From “Sick” by Shel Silverstien (Example of Rhyme Scheme)
1 "I cannot go to school today," (a)2 Said little Peggy Ann McKay. (a)3 "I have the measles and the mumps, (b)4 A gash, a rash and purple bumps. (b)5 My mouth is wet, my throat is dry, (c)6 I'm going blind in my right eye. (c)
Shakespeare and Poetry
From “Sick” by Shel Silverstien (Example of Rhyme Scheme)
1 "I cannot go to school today," (a)2 Said little Peggy Ann McKay. (a)3 "I have the measles and the mumps, (b)4 A gash, a rash and purple bumps. (b)5 My mouth is wet, my throat is dry, (c)6 I'm going blind in my right eye. (c)The rhyme scheme of these six lines of poetry is
a,a,b,b,c,c.
Shakespeare and Poetry
Limerick
There was a young boy from Caboo,Who had trouble tying his shoe.He said to his ox,"I'll just walk in my socks."Now all of his friends do that, too!
Shakespeare and Poetry
Limerick
There was a young boy from Caboo,Who had trouble tying his shoe.He said to his ox,"I'll just walk in my socks."Now all of his friends do that, too!
Shakespeare and Poetry
Limerick
There was a young boy from Caboo,Who had trouble tying his shoe.He said to his ox,"I'll just walk in my socks."Now all of his friends do that, too!
Shakespeare and Poetry
Limerick
There was a young boy from Caboo,Who had trouble tying his shoe.He said to his ox,"I'll just walk in my socks."Now all of his friends do that, too!
Shakespeare and Poetry
Limerick
There was a young boy from Caboo,Who had trouble tying his shoe.He said to his ox,"I'll just walk in my socks."Now all of his friends do that, too!
Shakespeare and Poetry
Limerick
There was a young boy from Caboo,Who had trouble tying his shoe.He said to his ox,"I'll just walk in my socks."Now all of his friends do that, too!
Shakespeare and Poetry
Limerick
There was a young boy from Caboo, (a)Who had trouble tying his shoe. (a)He said to his ox,"I'll just walk in my socks."Now all of his friends do that, too! (a)
Shakespeare and Poetry
Limerick
There was a young boy from Caboo, (a)Who had trouble tying his shoe. (a)He said to his ox, (b)"I'll just walk in my socks." (b)Now all of his friends do that, too! (a)
Shakespeare and Poetry
Limerick
There was a young boy from Caboo, (a)Who had trouble tying his shoe. (a)He said to his ox, (b)"I'll just walk in my socks." (b)Now all of his friends do that, too! (a)The rhyme scheme of a Limerick is a,a,b,b,a.
Rhyme Scheme Practice
Shadows on the wall (a)Noises down the hall (a)Life doesn't frighten me at all (a)Bad dogs barking loud (b)Big ghosts in a cloud (b)Life doesn't frighten me at all. (a)
Rhyme Scheme Practice
Mean Old Mother GooseLions on the looseThey don't frighten me at allDragons breathing flameOn my counterpaneThat doesn't frighten me at all.
Rhyme Scheme Practice
Mean Old Mother GooseLions on the looseThey don't frighten me at allDragons breathing flameOn my counterpaneThat doesn't frighten me at all.
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Mean Old Mother Goose (c)Lions on the loose (c)They don't frighten me at allDragons breathing flameOn my counterpaneThat doesn't frighten me at all.
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Mean Old Mother Goose (c)Lions on the loose (c)They don't frighten me at all (a)Dragons breathing flameOn my counterpaneThat doesn't frighten me at all.
Rhyme Scheme Practice
Mean Old Mother Goose (c)Lions on the loose (c)They don't frighten me at all (a)Dragons breathing flameOn my counterpaneThat doesn't frighten me at all.
Rhyme Scheme Practice
Mean Old Mother Goose (c)Lions on the loose (c)They don't frighten me at all (a)Dragons breathing flameOn my counterpaneThat doesn't frighten me at all.
Rhyme Scheme Practice
Mean Old Mother Goose (c)Lions on the loose (c)They don't frighten me at all (a)Dragons breathing flame (d)On my counterpane (d)That doesn't frighten me at all.
Rhyme Scheme Practice
Mean Old Mother Goose (c)Lions on the loose (c)They don't frighten me at all (a)Dragons breathing flame (d)On my counterpane (d)That doesn't frighten me at all. (a)
Rhyme Scheme Practice
I go booMake them shooI make funWay they runI won't crySo they flyI just smileThey go wildLife doesn't frighten me at all.
Rhyme Scheme Practice
I go booMake them shooI make funWay they runI won't crySo they flyI just smileThey go wildLife doesn't frighten me at all.
Rhyme Scheme Practice
I go booMake them shooI make funWay they runI won't crySo they flyI just smileThey go wildLife doesn't frighten me at all.
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I go boo (e)Make them shoo (e)I make funWay they runI won't crySo they flyI just smileThey go wildLife doesn't frighten me at all.
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I go boo (e)Make them shoo (e)I make funWay they runI won't crySo they flyI just smileThey go wildLife doesn't frighten me at all.
Rhyme Scheme Practice
I go boo (e)Make them shoo (e)I make funWay they runI won't crySo they flyI just smileThey go wildLife doesn't frighten me at all.
Rhyme Scheme Practice
I go boo (e)Make them shoo (e)I make fun (f)Way they run (f)I won't crySo they flyI just smileThey go wildLife doesn't frighten me at all.
Rhyme Scheme Practice
I go boo (e)Make them shoo (e)I make fun (f)Way they run (f)I won't crySo they flyI just smileThey go wildLife doesn't frighten me at all.
Rhyme Scheme Practice
I go boo (e)Make them shoo (e)I make fun (f)Way they run (f)I won't crySo they flyI just smileThey go wildLife doesn't frighten me at all.
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I go boo (e)Make them shoo (e)I make fun (f)Way they run (f)I won't cry (g)So they fly (g)I just smileThey go wildLife doesn't frighten me at all.
Rhyme Scheme Practice
I go boo (e)Make them shoo (e)I make fun (f)Way they run (f)I won't cry (g)So they fly (g)I just smileThey go wildLife doesn't frighten me at all.
Rhyme Scheme Practice
I go boo (e)Make them shoo (e)I make fun (f)Way they run (f)I won't cry (g)So they fly (g)I just smileThey go wildLife doesn't frighten me at all.
Rhyme Scheme Practice
I go boo (e)Make them shoo (e)I make fun (f)Way they run (f)I won't cry (g)So they fly (g)I just smile (h)They go wild (h)Life doesn't frighten me at all.
Rhyme Scheme Practice
I go boo (e)Make them shoo (e)I make fun (f)Way they run (f)I won't cry (g)So they fly (g)I just smile (h)They go wild (h)Life doesn't frighten me at all.
Rhyme Scheme Practice
I go boo (e)Make them shoo (e)I make fun (f)Way they run (f)I won't cry (g)So they fly (g)I just smile (h)They go wild (h)Life doesn't frighten me at all. (a)
Rhyme Scheme Practice
The rhyme scheme of the “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me” is a,a,a,b,b,a,c,c,a,d,d,a,e,e,f,f,g,g,h,h,a.
Rhyme Scheme Practice
Gaily bedight, A gallant knight,In sunshine and in shadow,Had journeyed long,Singing a song,In search of Eldorado.
Rhyme Scheme Practice
Gaily bedight, A gallant knight,In sunshine and in shadow,Had journeyed long,Singing a song,In search of Eldorado.
Rhyme Scheme Practice
Gaily bedight, (a)A gallant knight, (a)In sunshine and in shadow,Had journeyed long,Singing a song,In search of Eldorado.
Rhyme Scheme Practice
Gaily bedight, (a)A gallant knight, (a)In sunshine and in shadow,Had journeyed long,Singing a song,In search of Eldorado.
Rhyme Scheme Practice
Gaily bedight, (a)A gallant knight, (a)In sunshine and in shadow, (b)Had journeyed long,Singing a song,In search of Eldorado. (b)
Rhyme Scheme Practice
Gaily bedight, (a)A gallant knight, (a)In sunshine and in shadow, (b)Had journeyed long,Singing a song,In search of Eldorado. (b)
Rhyme Scheme Practice
Gaily bedight, (a)A gallant knight, (a)In sunshine and in shadow, (b)Had journeyed long, (c)Singing a song, (c)In search of Eldorado. (b)
Rhyme Scheme Practice
Gaily bedight, (a)A gallant knight, (a)In sunshine and in shadow, (b)Had journeyed long, (c)Singing a song, (c)In search of Eldorado. (b)The rhyme scheme for this stanza is a,a,b,c,c,b.
Rhyme Scheme Practice
The rhyme scheme for all three stanzas isa,a,b,c,c,b,d,d,b,e,e,b,f,f,b,g,g,b.