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.

Cheese Breeze
My Ugly Pug
I Love to Read a Mystery by Kenn Nesbitt
I Love to Read a Mystery
My Penmanship Is Pretty Bad by Kenn Nesbitt
My Penmanship Is Pretty Bad
School Supplies by Kenn Nesbitt
School Supplies
The Candy Cane Collector
Monkey Dream
Mr. Obvious
Roses are Red
Betty Met a Yeti
Fernando the Fearless
Grave Humor
Dear Summer
Be Grateful for Your Epidermis by Kenn Nesbitt
Be Grateful for Your Epidermis
My City
The Tiger and the Zebra
Emilio, Emilio
Get Me Out of the Fish Tank
Mr. Meecher, Science Teacher
The Dentist Pulled My Tooth Out
Ferret Soccer
My Pet Germs
When Rattlesnakes Wear Roller Skates
Wet Christmas