The poem also rhymes, and therefore it has a rhyme scheme. In this poem, the rhyme scheme is: AABB. This means that in each four-line stanza, the first two lines rhyme (their rhyming sound is indicated with an A), and the last two lines rhyme (B). These rhyming pairs are called couplets, probably because they are like little verbal couples.
http://www.shmoop.com/poison-tree/rhyme-form-meter.html
Tell the students that we are now going to read this poem, looking for rhyme scheme. Rhyme scheme - a repeated pattern of end rhymes; usually marked with. letters of the alphabet (ABBA would mark a rhyme scheme in the first stanza. of, say, dog/man/plan/fog; CDDC would mark a rhyme scheme in the second. stanza of, say, map/press/dress/slap). Example of rhyme scheme: There once was a big brown cat a. That liked to eat a lot of mice.
http://users.manchester.edu/Student/lmahnert/ProfWeb/PoetryUnitPlanLesson1.pdf
Sound: Rhythm & Rhyme. SOUND: Rhythm/Meter/Melody/Rhyme. You probably first read a poem to yourself, silently, but most poems also create sense though sounds, unlike concrete poetry, which operates visually. Try reading the poem aloud.
http://web.uvic.ca/~englblog/closereading/?page_id=122
Now, we know what you're all thinking: This poem seems so simple at first!. The language really isn't difficult, the sentences are pretty basic, and in general the effect of the rhyme scheme makes it seem kind of like a children's poem. In reality, that's what it is partly meant to resemble (Blake once said that he thought his ideal readers were children, by the way).
http://www.shmoop.com/poison-tree/rhyme-form-meter.html
a sonnet form associated with the poet Petrarch, having an octave rhyming a b b a a b b a and a sestet rhyming either c d e c d e or c d c d c d Also called Italian sonnet.
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/petrarchan-sonnet
Say what now? The form and meter (a.k.a. the rhythm) of To a Mouse is a bit wacky, but never fear: Shmoop is here to explain the difficult terms. We'll start with the rhyme scheme, which is more straightforward: it's AAABAB, but it's not always exact. O, what a panic's in thy breastie! Wi' bickerin brattle!
http://www.shmoop.com/to-a-mouse/rhyme-form-meter.html
a sonnet form popularized by Petrarch, consisting of an octave with the rhyme scheme abbaabba and of a sestet with one of several rhyme schemes, as cdecde or cdcdcd.
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/petrarchan-sonnet
Prosody is the study of the meter, rhythm, and intonation of a poem. Rhythm and meter are different, although closely related. Meter is the definitive pattern established for a verse (such as iambic pentameter), while rhythm is the actual sound that results from a line of poetry.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry
Rhyme is a type of melody, and rhymes can be perfect with identical vowel sounds (“guy” and “high”) or slant, when the sound of the final consonants is identical, but not the vowels (“shell” and “pill,” “cement” and “ant”).
http://web.uvic.ca/~englblog/closereading/?page_id=122
We'll start with the rhyme scheme, which is more straightforward: it's AAABAB, but it's not always exact. (Each letter stands for the same end rhyming sound, so in this case lines 1, 2, 3, and 5 would rhyme, and lines 4 and 6 would rhyme.) Check it out—we'll highlight the rhyming words so that you see what we mean:
http://www.shmoop.com/to-a-mouse/rhyme-form-meter.html
what is verbal rhyme scheme
Verbal rhyme scheme is a repeated pattern of end rhymes. A verbal rhyme scheme is a repeated pattern of end rhymes.