Rhyme Scheme Practice

Rhyme Scheme Practice

Read each poem carefully and answer the questions that follow. Pay close attention to the rhyming words at the end of each line to determine the rhyme scheme.

Poem 1: 'The Road Not Taken' by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth;

1. What is the rhyme scheme of the stanza above?

The rhyme scheme of the first stanza is  .

Poem 2: 'A Red, Red Rose' by Robert Burns

O my Luve's like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June; O my Luve's like the melody, That's sweetly played in tune.

2. Identify the rhyme scheme of this stanza.

Poem 3: 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' by Robert Frost

Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow.

3. True or False: The rhyme scheme of this stanza is AABA.

4. Explain how you determine the rhyme scheme of a poem. What is the process you follow?

Poem 4: 'Ozymandias' by Percy Bysshe Shelley

I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said—'Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;

5. What is the rhyme scheme of the first eight lines of 'Ozymandias'?

The rhyme scheme of the first eight lines is  .

6. Write your own short poem (4-8 lines) and then identify its rhyme scheme. You can choose any topic you like.

My poem's rhyme scheme is:  .