A rhyme scheme is the pa ern of rhymes that appears at the end of a poem’s lines. To determine a poem’s rhyme scheme, look at the last word of each line in a poem’s stanzas.

Dr. Seuss wrote many of his children's books in formal verse. The opening stanza of his book Horton Hears a Who, excerpted below, uses a simple rhyme scheme of coupled rhyme (AABB).

Rhyme schemes are labeled according to their rhyme sounds. Every rhyme sound is given its own letter of the alphabet to distinguish it from the other rhyme sounds that may appear in the poem.

Approximate Rhyme (half rhymes, slant rhymes, or imperfect rhymes): words sound similar but do not rhyme exactly. A slant rhyme calls attention to itself in a way that may occasionally help …

Each poem and question set is 3 pages long. This resource was modified to fit the Florida B.E.S.T reading standards. It includes: Anchor Charts: These anchor charts should be used to …

Read the following poems by Kenn Nesbitt. For each poem, identify the rhyme scheme and write it below the poem.

Rhyme schemes are mapped out by noting patterns of rhyme with small letters: the first rhyme sound is designated a, the second becomes b, the third c, and so on.