Figurative Language: Rhyme
Repetition: Repetition is the use of the same word, letter, phrase, number of syllables, stanza, or idea, multiple times.
- The best kind of people are warm and kind
They are always there and they never mind
The best kind of people smile and embrace,
They support you with strength and grace.
Rhyme Scheme: A rhyme scheme is the pattern of sounds that repeats at the end of a line or stanza. Rhyme schemes can change line by line, stanza by stanza, or can continue throughout a poem. Poems with rhyme schemes are generally written in formal verse, which has a strict meter: a repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Internal Rhyme: Internal rhyme is rhyme that occurs in the middle of lines of poetry, instead of at the ends of lines.
- I drove myself to the lake and dove into the water.
- I drove myself to the lake
and dove into the water.
End Rhyme: End rhyme refers to rhymes that occur in the final words of lines of poetry.
- All the leaves are brown and the sky is grey
I've been for a walk on a winter's day
I'd be safe and warm if I was in L.A.
California dreaming on such a winter's day
Rhyming Couplet: A rhyming couplet is made up of two lines of verse which rhyme with one another. The two lines of a rhyming couplet usually come together to form one complete thought or idea. They’re a common feature in many forms of poetry, including as sonnets and limericks.
- Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack jump over the candlestick - The children like the ocean shore
We want to leave but they want more
Stanza: A stanza is a set of lines (at least 2 lines) which are grouped together in a poem. Stanzas are separated in order to divide and organize a poem. In poetry, they function similarly to how paragraphs function in prose.
Here are the first 2 stanzas of Shel Silverstein's Where the Sidewalk Ends
Free Verse: Free verse is a poetic style that does not feature a set meter or rhyme scheme
Characteristics of Free Verse:
- No rhyme scheme: Free verse poems don't follow a rhyme scheme and don't have to rhyme at all.
- No set rhythm: Free verse poems don't have a specific rhythm and often don't have a particular syllable pattern.
- No set number of lines: Free verse poems don't have a prescribed number of lines.
- Follows natural speech: Free verse poems tend to follow the rhythm of natural speech.
Example of a Free Verse poem:
Fog
Carl Sandburg
The fog comes
on little feet.
It sits looking
over the harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
Go Bulldogs!!
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