The Sounds of Poetry:
Words:
1. Rhyme
Definitions:
The repetition of sounds of the
stressed vowel and any sounds
that follow it in the words that
are closer together in the
poem.
Examples:
Nails and Whales;
Material and cereal; icicle and bicycle
Additional Info:
2. Rhyme Scheme or end
rhyme
Defines the shape of a poem
and holds it together.
ABAB rhyme
scheme
3. End Rhyme
Rhymes that occur usually at
the end of lines.
The way a crow (A)
Shook down on me (B)
The dust of snow (A)
From a hemlock tree (B)
Same as above—crow and snow; me
and tree
4. Approximate Rhyme
Words that repeat some
sounds but are not exact
echoes. They are substitutes
for exact rhymes. Instead of
being an exact echo,
approximate rhyme is a partial
echo.
Exact Rhyme= Moon and June
Also called: half
rhymes, off rhymes,
slant rhymes, or-by
readers who dislike
them- imperfect
rhymes
5. Internal Rhymes
Rhymes that occur inside the
lines.
Distinctly I remember the embers in
December.
6. Rhythm
Is a musical quality based on
repetition.
A regular pattern of stressed
( ) and unstressed syllables
(
in each line.
meter
7. Meter
Approximate Rhyme= moon and morn
The way a crow
Assonance that is
placed closely to
each other
da= (
DUH=( )
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
Example:
da DUH-Iamb
From a hemlock tree
(Iambic Pentameter)
8. Foot
Usually consists of one
stressed syllable and one or
more unstressed syllables.
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
9. Types of feet
1. Example:
da= (
unstressed
DUH=( ) stressed
The way
a crow
Shook down
On me
The dust
Of snow
From a
Hemlock tree
Iamb (insist)
trochee (double)
da DUH-- Iamb
anapest (understand)
DUH da-- trochee
dactyl (excellent)
da da DUH-- anapest
spondee (football)
DUH dad a-- dactyl
10. Free verse
DUH DUH-- spondee
Does not follow a regular
pattern of rhyme and meter.
an American to Mexicans
a Mexican to Americans
a handy token
sliding back and forth
between the fringes of worlds
Sounds like prose
(fiction/nonfiction
literature)
*when you
analyze a
poem to
show its
meter, you
are
scanning
the poem!
Rhyme: is the repetition of sounds of the stressed vowel and any sounds that follow it in the words that are closer together in the
poem.
Rhyme Scheme: Defines the shape of a poem and holds it together.
Approximate Rhyme: That is, words that repeat some sounds but are not exact echoes. Approximate rhymes are also called half
rhymes, off rhymes, slant rhymes, or-by readers who dislike them- imperfect rhymes. In any case, they are substitutes for exact
rhymes like moon and June or hollow and follow. Instead of being an exact echo, approximate rhyme is a partial echo: moon and
morn; hollow and mellow.
End Rhyme: Rhymes that occur usually at the end of lines.
Internal Rhymes: Rhymes that occur inside the lines.
Rhythm: Is a musical quality based on repetition.
Meter: A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line.
Iamb: Is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (da DAH). An iamb is one kind of poetic foot.
Foot: Usually consists of one stressed syllable and one or more unstressed syllables.
Free verse: Does not follow a regular pattern of rhyme and meter.