

Poetic Structure
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11th - 12th Grade
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Kaylee Kelson
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Poetic Structure
Poetic Terms

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Form
The physical structure of a poem: the length of the lines, their rhythms, and their system of rhymes and repetition.
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Fill in the Blanks
If I ask you to look at the form of a poem, what am I asking you to look at?
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Rhymes
When a poem has rhyming words at the end of the line, these are called 'end rhymes'
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Rhyme Scheme
A 'rhyme scheme' is a way of describing the pattern of end rhymes in a poem. Each new sound at the end of a line is given a letter, starting with "A", then "B", and so on.
If an end sound repeats the end sound of an earlier line, it gets the same letter as the earlier line.
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Rhyme Scheme: AABB
My cat is nice [A]
My cat likes mice [A]
My cat is fat [B]
I like my cat [B]
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Rhyme Scheme: ABAB
My cat is nice [A]
My cat is fat [B]
My cat likes mice [A]
I like my cat [B]
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Rhyme Scheme: ABCB
My cat is gray [A]
My cat is fat [B]
My cat is cute [C]
I like my cat [B]
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Fill in the Blanks
Read the following poem and identify the rhyme scheme:
Mr. Brown, the circus clown
puts his clothes on upside down.
He wears his hat upon his toes
and socks and shoes upon his nose.
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Fill in the Blanks
Read the following poem and identify the rhyme scheme:
The fallen leaves are cornflakes
That fill the lawn's wide dish,
And night and noon
The wind's a spoon
That stirs the with a swish.
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Poetic Terms

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