poetic device: Rhyme Schemes

Most of my poems rhyme and have regular rhyme schemes, such as AABB, ABAB, or ABCB. But even I get tired of rhyming every line or every other line.

These poems have rhyme schemes that are more complex or interesting. They might be AABBA, AAAB CCCB, or something else. And many of them include internal rhymes throughout to make them more fun to read.

If you enjoy more complex and interesting ways of rhyming, read this lesson plan and see if you can identify the rhyme schemes in these poems.

Teacher, Teacher, How’s My Singing
Ice Pops, Ice Pops by Kenn Nesbitt
Ice Pops, Ice Pops
The Leaves Are Falling Off the Trees by Kenn Nesbitt
The Leaves Are Falling Off the Trees
I Knew a Guy poem by Kenn Nesbitt
I Knew a Guy
Nobody Touch My Tarantula Sandwich
A Rumble in My Bedroom by Kenn Nesbitt
A Rumble in My Bedroom
Cheese Breeze
I Met a Lonely Octopus
My Ugly Pug
Fernando the Fearless
My Penmanship Is Pretty Bad by Kenn Nesbitt
My Penmanship Is Pretty Bad
Backward Dan
The Candy Cane Collector
I Love to Read a Mystery by Kenn Nesbitt
I Love to Read a Mystery
School Supplies by Kenn Nesbitt
School Supplies
Monkey Dream
Mr. Obvious
Roses are Red
Betty Met a Yeti
Mr. Meecher, Science Teacher
Grave Humor
Some Kids by Kenn Nesbitt
Some Kids
Dear Summer
Emilio, Emilio

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