4.5 More Rhyming Poems

Rhythm, Rhyme, and Stanzas...

We’ve all done it. Our favourite song comes on and we start tapping our foot, moving our bodies, or drumming the tabletop. We respond to the rhythm, or beat, of the music.

Both of the poems you've studied so far have rhthym and rhyme. To understand these elements think of music. Rhyme is like the lyrics (words of a song) and rhythm is like the beat.

No doubt you can tell when two words rhyme—for example, bear and care; silly and chili; wheel and feel. The end sound in each word is the same, but the beginning is different.

You have also learned what a stanza is - basically, a verse of a poem.

In this lesson, you will enjoy a few less serious rhyming poems before trying to write one of your own.