Intro to Poetry w/Shakespeare

Understanding Rhyme

• Rhyme is the repetition of similar sounds at the end of lines in a poem.

• It adds musicality and rhythm to the poem.

• Rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes in a poem, often represented by letters.

Types of Rhyme

• Perfect/End Rhyme: Rhyme where the sounds of the stressed syllables match exactly,

  • cat and hat.

• Slant Rhyme: Rhyme where the sounds are similar but not identical

  • moon and bone.

• Internal Rhyme: Rhyme that occurs within a line of poetry

  • Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary'

Rhyme Scheme:

Rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line in a poem.

• To add musicality and structure to poems

  • making it easier to follow and understand

• making it more engaging and memorable.

Meter in Poetry

The rhythmic structure of a poem

• Determined by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables.

• Creates a musical quality

• Helps establish the poem's pace and tone.

  Common meters include iambic, trochaic, anapestic, and dactylic. Meter is often indicated by a pattern of stressed (/) and unstressed (x) syllables, such as iambic pentameter (x / x / x / x / x /).

• iambic = an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

• penta = five

• Iambic pentameter has 5 of these Iams in a row for one line of poetry