Before: Quick WriteWhy do you think so many songs rhyme?

Rhyme SchemeRhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyme

between the lines of a poem or song. The scheme is designated using letters.

The dog was so fat (A)It could not catch the cat (A)It was like a toothless shark (B)All it could do was bark bark bark! (B)

Also expressed: AABB

Rhyme SchemeWe must not look at goblin men, (A)We must not buy their fruits: (B)Who knows upon what soil they fed (C)Their hungry, thirsty roots? (B)

Also expressed: ABCB

“Song of the Dwarves” – J.R.R. Tolkien Far over the Misty Mountains cold,In dungeons deep and caverns old,We must awayEre break of day,To seek our pale enchanted gold.

The pines were roaring on the height,The wind was moaning in the night,The fire was red,It flaming spread,The trees like torches blazed with light.

“Song of the Dwarves” – J.R.R. Tolkien Far over the Misty Mountains cold, (A)In dungeons deep and caverns old, (A)We must away (B)Ere break of day, (B)To seek our pale enchanted gold. (A)

The pines were roaring on the height, (C)The wind was moaning in the night, (C)The fire was red, (D)It flaming spread, (D)The trees like torches blazed with light. (C)

Also expressed: AABBA CCDDC

Rhyme SchemeThere once was a fellow named Tim (A)Whose dad never taught him to swim (A)He fell off a dock (B)And sunk like a rock (B)And that was the end of him! (A)

Also expressed: AABBA

Rhyme Scheme: Try ItThere’s a hole in the world like a great black pitAnd the vermin of the world inhabit itAnd its morals aren’t worth what a pig could spitAnd it goes by the name of London

At the top of the hole sit a privileged fewMaking mock of the vermin in the lower zooTurning beauty to filth and greed

I too have sailed the world and seen its wonders,For the cruelty of men is as wondrous as Peru,But there’s no place like London.

Rhyme Scheme: How did you do?

There’s a hole in the world like a great black pit (A)And the vermin of the world inhabit it (A)And its morals aren’t worth what a pig could spit (A)And it goes by the name of London (B)

At the top of the hole sit a privileged few (C)Making mock of the vermin in the lower zoo (D)Turning beauty to filth and greed (E)

I too have sailed the world and seen its wonders, (F)For the cruelty of men is as wondrous as Peru, (D)But there’s no place like London. (B)

Also expressed: AAABCDEFDB

After: Exit Slip (5 minutes)What is rhyme scheme?

How can you tell the rhyme scheme of a poem?

What is something else you learned about poetry today?