Understanding Rhyme Scheme in Poetry

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Match the poetic device with its definition:

Assonance = Repetition of Vowels Consonance = Repetition of consonants Alliteration = Repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words Onomatopoeia = Words that imitate sound

Match the type of poetry with its description:

Lyric Poetry = Expresses personal emotions and feelings Narrative poetry = Tells a story Descriptive poetry = Describes people, places or things Epic = Long poem narrating heroic deeds

Match the poetic form with its characteristics:

Petrarchan = 14 lines, specific line structure Shakespeare Sonnet = 14 lines, different line structure Haiku = Brief poem with 3 lines Ballad = Narrative Poem with rhythm and rhyme

Match the poetry structure with its definition:

Stanza = A group of lines in a poem Rhyme = The repetition of sounds at the end Rhyme Scheme = The pattern of rhymes in a poem Meter = A repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

Learn about rhyme scheme in poetry, the pattern of sounds that repeat at the end of a line or stanza. Explore how rhyme schemes can vary and understand the strict meter of stressed and unstressed syllables. Discover how rhyme patterns are denoted by letters of the alphabet (AB) and how they contribute to the overall structure of a poem.

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