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Mastering Rhyme and Meter in Poetry

Explore the different types of rhyme like exact and approximate, rhyme schemes, meter, foot, and scanning in poetry. Learn how to create rich, rhythmic verses in your writing.

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Mastering Rhyme and Meter in Poetry

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  1. Rhyme and Meter

  2. 1. Rhyme • Meaning • The repetition of similar sounds • The sounds are not always exactly the same • The spelling does not have to be the same • Example • Thinking , linking • Bake, cake • Frog, hog • High, sky • Mean, fine

  3. 2. Exact Rhyme • Meaning • When the sounds that rhyme are exactly the same sounds. • Example • Hat, cat • Free, bee Exactly the same sounds.

  4. 3. Approximate Rhyme / Half Rhyme • Meaning • When the words repeat some sounds, but are not exact echoes • Example • Mean, fine • Rate, bet • Life, die • Beef, streets Sounds are similar, but not exact

  5. 4. End Rhymes • Meaning • When the rhymes come at the end of the lines • Example Where in this book do you think I should look? Every day I look at the sky. I think of my life and ask myself why.

  6. 5. Internal Rhymes • Meaning • Rhymes that occur within a line of poetry • Example • I set my hat on the mat • I was a fool who skipped school

  7. 6. Rhyme Scheme • Meaning • A regular pattern of rhyme • Letters are used to represent like sounds • Example ABAB = Riches I hold in light esteem, And Love I laugh to scorn; And lust of Fame was but a dream That vanished with the morn - AA BA AA BA

  8. 7. Meter • Meaning • The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry as expressed by syllabication. • Syllabication is the use of stressed and unstressed markings.

  9. 8. Foot/Feet • Meaning • A “foot” is the combination of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up a recurrent metric unit of a line. • Example

  10. 9. Scanning • We “scan” a poem to determine its basic meter and to consider the relevance of that rhythm to the meaning of the poem. • When we scan a poem, we begin by saying the poetic lines aloud, paying careful attention to the syllables which seem to be stressed (pronounced with more emphasis).

  11. 10. Iambs • This pattern of ~ / (unstressed/stressed) is called an iamb. • The following are examples of iambic feet.

  12. Other Patterns Along with the iamb, there are other possible patterns: Pattern Noun Adjective ~ / iamb iambic ~ ~ / anapest anapestic / ~ trochee trochaic / ~ ~ dactyl dactylic / / spondee spondaic

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