Rhyme Scheme

Rhyme Scheme is the way we identify the end rhyme pattern of a poem. In order to
understand it, all you have to do is look at the last words of each line. If you choose to
use rhyming in your poetry, here are the rules:

1. Using the letters of the alphabet, assign the first letter (A), to the last word of the first
line.

2. Look at the last word of the second line. If it rhymes with the last word in the line
above, it gets the same letter, if it doesn't rhyme with the word above, it gets a new letter
(the next one in the alphabet).

3. Continue the process described in #2 throughout the whole poem. Be sure to look at
all the lines above to see if the last word of the line you are working on rhymes with any
of the last words above.

Horribly Cheesy Example :):

Roses are red (red gets "A" because it is the first

rhyming word)
Violets are blue (blue gets "B" because it does not
rhyme with red)
End rhyme scheme is fun (fun gets "C" because it doesn't
rhyme with red or blue)
And so are you! (you gets "B" because it rhymes
with blue)

So, the end rhyme scheme is: A, B, C, B

Practice: Figure out the rhyme scheme of the poem below.

Dust of Snow by Robert Frost

The way a crow

Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree

Has given my heart

A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.