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Reading and Writing Poetry
Reading and Writing Poetry
POETRY
- is a form of literature which is written in verse form. It has lines, stanza and rhyme. It is an
artistic way of expression of ideas and thoughts.
Rhyme is known as the two or more words in a poem that have the same sound. There are two
types of rhymes. If the rhyming words can be seen at end of lines, it is known as End Rhyme;
meanwhile if the rhyming words are located within a single line, it is known as Internal
Rhyme.
Rhyme Scheme is the pattern of rhyme at the end of each line. We use letters to identify the
rhyme scheme. Words that are rhymed shall have the same letter, new rhymed words will be
the next letter. See the sample below.
Trees
Joyce Kilmer
Notice that the last stanza is A-A same with the first stanza. It is because " me" and " tree" are
rhymed with " see" and " tree" on the first stanza. Thus the rhyme scheme of the poem Trees is
aa-bb-cc-dd-ee-aa.
Exercises 1: Below are some simple nursery rhymes. Write the rhyme scheme in the blanks
next to the lines.