Rhyme Scheme

1. Little kitten rolling around,

Chasing a piece of string,

Fluid in its beauty,

Amazed at everything.

• AABB

• ABAB

• ABCB

• ABCD

2.The moon is washing windows,

Dancing off the glass,

Resting on the praying trees

And painting the sleeping grass.

• ABAB

• ABCB

• AABB

• ABCA

3.Here’s a mouse,

Building its house,

A nest in my hair –

Why’s it sleep there?

• ABAB

• AABB

• ABCD

• ABCB

4. Glitter on my fingers,

Glitter in my hair,

Glitter on the carpet –

Glitter everywhere!

• ABCA

• ABCB

• ABCD

• AABB

The lady who has loved you as you've grown

Will always love and cherish you for all time.

She has the greatest heart ever known.

• AAB

• ABC

• ABA

• ABB

Tell me not, in mournful numbers,

Life is but an empty dream!—

For the soul is dead that slumbers,

And things are not what they seem.

• AAAB

• ABCD

• AABB

• ABAB

On the beach I find myself

Happily patrolling the shore

I see many ships sailing about

And wonder what they're for

• ABCB

• ABCD

• ABAB

• AABB

The fallen leaves are cornflakes

That fills the lawn's wide dish,

And night and noon

The wind's a spoon

That stirs them with a swish

• ABABC

• ABCAB

• ABBCA

• ABCCB

True friends are by your side

through it all

True friends are there

to catch you when you fall

• AABB

• ABAB

• ABCD

• ABCB

What is Rhyme Scheme?

• The pattern of the rhyme in a story.

• The pattern of the rhyme in a poem.

• The number of rhyming words