
Rhyme and Meter in Poetry
12th Grade · ELA · 55 min
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Learning Objective
I can analyze how rhyme schemes and meter contribute to a poem's meaning.
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Poetic structure refers to the way lines, stanzas, and sounds are arranged in a poem, affecting its overall sound and appearance.
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Rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyming words at the end of each line in a poem, and is annotated using letters, where lines that rhyme are marked with the same letter.
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Meter is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem, and is marked with a stress mark for stressed syllables and a breve for unstressed syllables.


