4.6 Writing Rhyming Poems

How To Write A Rhyming Poem - Prewriting 1

As you explore the steps and instructions in this online book, complete the steps on your own in your Learning Guide.

• Choose a topic
• Identify your purpose and audience.
• Brainstorm and organize ideas

Choose a topic:

Brainstorm a few topic ideas. You've read "serious" rhyming poems (Stopping By Woods On a Snowy Evening) and "funny" rhyming poems (Stegosaurus, XBox, Selfie). Your choice of topics can be funny or serious and based on your interests, hobbies, favourite places or seasons, pets.... Almost anything, really.

For example: Pizza, Disneyland, Soccer

Identify your purpose and audience:

Consider your audience and purpose. Who would you like to enjoy your poem? Would you like to write a poem for a specific person? A grandparent? For kids to enjoy? To describe a picture or capture a specific event?

For example:

• I'd like to write a poem that all pizza lovers can relate to.
• I'd like to share my misadventures in Disneyland with kids my age.
• I love soccer more than anything and would like to write a poem for people who love soccer like me or who don't understand how great it is.

Go to your Learning Guide; in Prewriting 1, you will identify two possible topics, and choose a purpose and audience.