Rhyme Patricia Dreher 8th Grade English

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RhymePatricia Dreher8th Grade English
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Rhyme Patricia Dreher Sounds that soothe- that
lull and race, Create a pace through space and
time Sounds that shake the mind awake Fit a
scheme of gleaming rhyme. Among these rhymes
there are a few That truly seem to glisten
Heard and felt throughout the years, By ears
that simply listen. Read the poems upon the
page Of any age where rhyme is found The truth
will show that there exist Many ways to rhyme a
sound.
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End Rhyme
Rhymes that occur at the end of stanzas are
referred to as end rhyme. Here we see 3 examples
of end rhyme time/rhyme glisten/listen
found/sound. End rhyme is the most common type
of rhyme in English poetry.
Sounds that soothe- that lull and race, Create a
pace through space and time Sounds that shake
the mind awake Fit a scheme of gleaming rhyme.
Among these rhymes there are a few That truly
seem to glisten Heard and felt throughout the
years, By ears that simply listen. Read the
poems upon the page Of any age where rhyme is
found The truth will show that there exist Many
ways to rhyme a sound.
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Internal Rhyme
Rhymes in which one or all of the rhyming words
occur within a stanza rather than at the end are
referred to as internal. Here we see 4 examples
of internal rhyme race/pace/space shake/awake
years/ears page/age.
Sounds that soothe- that lull and race, Create a
pace through space and time Sounds that shake
the mind awake Fit a scheme of gleaming rhyme.
Among these rhymes there are a few That truly
seem to glisten Heard and felt throughout the
years, By ears that simply listen. Read the
poems upon the page Of any age where rhyme is
found The truth will show that there exist Many
ways to rhyme a sound.
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Masculine Rhyme
A rhyme that occurs only in words in which the
last syllable is stressed (such as despair and
repair) is known as masculine rhyme. One-syllable
words that rhyme are also considered masculine.
Here we see 6 examples of masculine rhyme
race/pace/space shake/awake time/rhyme
years/ears page/age found/sound.
Sounds that soothe- that lull and race, Create a
pace through space and time Sounds that shake
the mind awake Fit a scheme of gleaming rhyme.
Among these rhymes there are a few That truly
seem to glisten Heard and felt throughout the
years, By ears that simply listen. Read the
poems upon the page Of any age where rhyme is
found The truth will show that there exist Many
ways to rhyme a sound.
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Feminine Rhyme
A rhyme in which the final syllable is unstressed
is referred to as feminine rhyme. Here we see an
example of feminine rhyme glisten/listen.
Sounds that soothe- that lull and race, Create a
pace through space and time Sounds that shake
the mind awake Fit a scheme of gleaming rhyme.
Among these rhymes there are a few That truly
seem to glisten Heard and felt throughout the
years, By ears that simply listen. Read the
poems upon the page Of any age where rhyme is
found The truth will show that there exist Many
ways to rhyme a sound.
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