Poetry Terms Review- Rhymes and Rhyme Schemes

a ____ is a subdivision of a poem, specifically a group of words arranged into a row that ends for a reason other than the right-hand margin.

• Line Break

• Stanza

• Line

• Rhyme

A _______ is a group of lines within a poem, usually set off from others by a blank line

• Stanza

• Line Break

• Line

• Rhyme

A ______________ is the termination of the line of a poem and the beginning of a new line.

• Rhyme

• Line End

• Line Break

• Stanza

In general, the repetition of the syllables at the end of a line of verse or poetry. (Words that have the same sound when spoken.)

• Rhyme Scheme

• Stanza

• Line

• Rhyme

The rhyming of the last words in the lines of poetry. (the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or song.)

• Stanza

• Rhyme Scheme

• Poetic Meter

• Line Break

Poems that do not have a rhyme scheme

• Non-rhyming Poetry

• Rhymeless Poetry

• Free Verse/Blank Verse Poetry

• Poetry Sans Rhymes

When determining the rhyme scheme of a poem or song, we generally use ___________ to indicate the rhyme scheme.

• Rhymes

• Letters

• Numbers

• Roman Numerals

What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem? ("Dreams" by Langston Hughes)

Hold fast to dreams/

For if dreams die/

Life is a broken-winged bird/

That cannot fly./

• ABAB

• AABB

• ABAC

• ABCB

What is the rhyme scheme of "What are Heavy" by Christina Rossetti?

What are heavy? Sea-sand and sorrow/

What are brief? Today and tomorrow/

What are frail? Spring blossoms and youth/

What are deep? The ocean and truth.

When I am dead and over me bright April/

Shakes out her rain-drenched hair/

Tho' you should lean above me broken-hearted/

I shall not care./

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