Rhyme Scheme Teacher Resources

"Sound Experiments" drive this lesson plan. Sonnet analysis is accompanied by readings based on specific emotions. At this website, there are several links full-text sonnets by such authors as Shakespeare, Lord Byron, Longfellow, and...

This lesson focuses on John Donne and his sonnets. It features three of his sonnets: Holy Sonnet VII: "At the Round Earth's Imagin'd Corners," Holy Sonnet X: "Death, Be Not Proud," and "The Bait," which is a reply to Christopher...

Analyze the meter, rhyme scheme, line length, punctuation, and word position in poetry.

Analyze the meter, rhyme scheme, line length, punctuation, and word position in poetry.

This poem is an example of a sonnet with a rhyme scheme with the topic that shares what a cat can hear.

In this lesson, students will listen to Run D.M.C.'s classic, "My Adidas", then they will think about everywhere their shoes have taken them and the story they have to tell. Using literary devices such as personification, point of view,...

In this lesson, students will create 4 original poems within a particular rhythm and rhyme scheme.

Read Pauline Johnsons poems: "Brier: Good Friday," "Flint and Feather," "The Pilot of the Plains," "Shadow River: Muskoka," and "The Song My Paddle Sings." Each poem includes copyright information, the source of the original text,...

Gives rhyme schemes to his poetry, a chronology, time line, links to other famous people of the time and to his poems. Includes two of his poems with critiques.

Part 2 of this tutorial on limerick writing demonstrates the importance of form (meter and rhyme) in limerick poetry using the exemplary and amusing work of Edward Lear.

This site is provided for by the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Over forty literary terms defined by college students, each with thorough examples.

Lengthy academic essay that argues that traditional poetry, including the heroic couplet, is still relevant in the modern world. While this is discussed, the history of the heroic couplet is provided. A good definition of the term with...

The University of Victoria's English department gives a comprehensive definition of the "ode" poetic form. Short examples included.

The purpose of this lesson is to help students cope with unfamiliar language in Shakespeare's sonnets and to help them understand and appreciate both what he says and how he says it.

A short definition of the term Heroic Couplet along with a short example from a piece of poetry from Pope's Essay on Criticism.

Calling itself "unique," Bob's is easy to use, with cross-links throughout, phonetic pronunciation guides when necessary, and many examples and quotations. Click on the letter and scroll for the word.

This slideshow lesson introduces rhyme, defines the types of rhyme, and provides examples of each.

The second of three pages of simple definitions for literary terms. This page, F - R, covers forty-seven terms from "Fable," to "Romance."

In this video Laura Turner explains how to write an ode, a poem that raises up a person or object on a pedestal. She explains the format. [2:55]

This site provides a short definition of the term Heroic Couplet along with a short example from a piece of poetry by Pope.

Defines limericks and shows an example.