What are the Different Elements Between
Poems with Rhythm, Rhyme, and Alliteration?
Learning about the use and special features
of poetry.
Overview Of The Lesson
You will be taught the use of and
special features of poetry.
You will be provided with many
examples.
You will then be tested to see how well
you can read and identify these
different kinds of poetry.
What is a Rhyming Poem?
A rhyming poem is a verse poem that
contains rhyming words at the end of
certain lines.
Example: Night time by Lee Bennet Hopkins
How do dreams know
when to creep
into my head
when I fall off
to Sleep?
Types of Rhyming Poems
There are many types of rhyming
poems. Here are names of some of
them.
The Couplet
The Limerick
The Ballad Stanza (including the short and long)
Octaves
An Example of a Limerick
What is a limerick, Mother?
It's a form of verse, said brother
In which lines one and two
Rhyme with five when it's through
And three and four rhyme with each other.
author unknown
The Purpose of Rhyming Poems
Rhyming poems are used mainly for
humor. These poems are fun to read.
Lets see some more poems with
rhymes.
A Rhyming Poem
Marty Smarty went to a party
In her jumbo jet.
After tea she jumped in the sea
And got her pants all wet.
John Foster
More Rhymes
Spaghetti! Spaghetti
Spaghetti! Spaghetti!
You’re wonderful stuff,
I love you, spaghetti,
I can’t get enough.
You’re covered with sauce
And you’re sprinkled with cheese,
Spaghetti! Spaghetti!
Oh, give me some please.
Jack Prelutsky
Rhyming Poems on the Internet
Now let’s venture into the following
websites to search for rhyming poems.
www.gigglepoetry.com
http://www.poetry4kids.com
http://www.poetryguy.com
What is Alliteration?
A poem with alliteration repeats the initial
consonant sounds closely together.
Example: Sheila Shorter sought a suitor;
Shelia sought a suitor short.
Sheila’s suitor sure to suit her;
Short’s the suitor Sheila sought!
by Michael Rosen
The Purpose of Alliteration Poems
Alliteration poems tend to be tongue
twisters. They are written for the fun
they bring when they are read.
Lets see more poems with alliteration.
An Alliteration Poem
Down the slippery slide they slid
Sitting slightly sideways;
Slipping swiftly see them skid
On holidays and Fridays.
Another Alliteration Poem
A fly and a flea flew up in a flue.
Said the fly to the flea, “What shall we
do?”
“Let’s fly,” said the flea.
“Let’s flee,” said the fly.
So they fluttered and flew up a flaw in
the flue.
More Tongue Twisters
“Night, night, Knight”, said one
Knight
to the other knight the other
night.
“Night, night, Knight.”
Super Tongue Twister!
Esau Wood sawed wood. Esau Wood would
saw wood. Oh, the wood that Wood would
saw! One day Esau Wood saw a saw saw
wood as no other woodsaw Wood ever saw
would saw wood. Of all the woodsaws Wood
ever saw saw wood, Wood never saw a
woodsaw that would saw wood like the
woodsaw Wood saw would saw wood. Now
Esau Wood saws with that saw he saw saw
wood.
Poems with Alliteration on the
Internet
Now let’s venture into the following
websites to search for alliteration
poems.
http://www.veeceet.com/kids/better.ht
ml
http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poetryrac
e.cfm
What is Rhythm?
Any poem has the chance of having rhythm.
A poem has rhythm if the reader of the
poem gives the poem rhythm.
For a poem to have rhythm, it has to be
read following a pattern with its syllables.
For example:
da, da, dadada da da, da, da, dadada da da,
da, da, dadada da da, da, da, dadada da da.
Example of Rhythm
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
and of all the king’s horses and all of the
King’s men
couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty together
again.
Practice Your Rhythm
Clankity Clankity Clankity Clank!
Ankylosaurus was built like a tank,
Its hide was a fortress as sturdy as steel,
It tended to be an inedible meal.
It was armored in front, it was armored behind,
There wasn’t a thing on its minuscule mind,
It waddled about on its four stubby legs,
Nibbling on plants with a mouthful of pegs.
Ankylosaurus was best left alone,
Its tail was a cudgel of gristle and bone,
Clankity Clankity Clankity Clank!
Ankylosaurus was built like a tank.
By: Jack Prelutsky
More Rhythm Practice
Iguanodon, Iguanodon,
Whatever made you fade,
You’ve traveled on, Iguanodon,
We wish you could have stayed.
Iguanodon, Iguanodon,
We’ve sought you everywhere,
Both here and yon, Iguanodon,
But failed to find you there.
Iguanodon, Iguanodon,
You were a gentle kind,
But now you’re gone, Iguanodon,
And left your bones behind. By: Jack Prelutsky
Time For Review!
1. What is a rhyme? Give me an example.
2. What is rhythm? Give me an example.
3. What is alliteration? Give me an example.