8/9/2019 English : Rhyme

1/5

Rhyme

Nurul Faizah

Nurul Nadiah

Mardiah

8/9/2019 English : Rhyme

2/5

Poets have many tools that they can

use to create their poems. The one

you might be most familiar with isthe effect of sound. When words are

spoken aloud, they have lots of great

sound qualities that poets canincorporate into their poems.

8/9/2019 English : Rhyme

3/5

Definition

A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds in

two or more words and is most often used

in poetry and songs. The word "rhyme" mayalso refer to a short poem, such as a

rhyming couplet or other brief rhyming poem.

words sound alike b/c they share the same

ending vowel AND consonant sounds

8/9/2019 English : Rhyme

4/5

What is a Rhyming Poem?

A rhyming poem is a verse poem that containsrhyming words at the end of certain lines.

Usually use in humor

Example: Night time by Lee Bennet Hopkins

How do dreams know

when to creepinto my head

when I fall off

to Sleep?

8/9/2019 English : Rhyme

5/5

Example

"Heaven" has different

Signsto me

"Heaven" has different Signsto meSometimes, I think that NoonIs but a symbol of the Place

And when again, at Dawn,

A mighty look runs round theWorldAnd settles in the HillsAn Awe if it should be like thatUpon the Ignorance steals

The Orchard, when the Sun isonThe Triumph of the BirdsWhen they together Victorymake

Some Carnivals ofClouds

The Rapture of a finished DayReturning to the WestAll theseremind us of theplaceThat Men call "paradise"

Itself be fairerwe suppose

But how Ourself, shall beAdorned, for a Superior GraceNot yet, our eyes can see

Emily Dickinson