Monday, February 4, 2008

Rhyme Scheme

Copy and paste 8 lines of poetry into the comment box, then comment on the rhyme scheme (AABA, ABAB, etc.). For a list of complete directions, go to www.scholastic.com/classhomepage.

27 comments:

Anonymous said...

I’ve been sitting in detention
since the end of school.
I’ve been sitting in detention
just because I broke a rule.


Throwing meatballs in the lunchroom
wasn’t wise, I fear.
I was aiming at the trash can,
not my teacher’s rear.


Rhyme scheme ABAB CDED

Anonymous said...

I started on my homework,
but my pen ran out of ink…
My hamster ate my homework…
My computer’s on the blink…


I tripped and dropped my homework
in the soup my mom was cooking…
My brother flushed it down the toilet
when I wasn’t looking…

Ryme Scheme ABAB CDED

Anonymous said...

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Basketball’s my favorite sport.
I dribble up and down the court.
The ball goes bouncing off my toes
and beans the teacher on the nose.

He stumbles back and grabs his nose
and hits the wall and down he goes.
The other players stop and stare.
They’ve never heard the teacher swear

Anonymous said...

When Frederick’s grandmother
served him some fish,
young Frederick turned up his nose
and said, “Ish!”

“Okay,” said his grandma,
“I’ll give you some ish,”
as she scraped out some earwax
right into a dish.

Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DBEB

Anonymous said...

Basketball’s my favorite sport.
I dribble up and down the court.
The ball goes bouncing off my toes
and beans the teacher on the nose.

He stumbles back and grabs his nose
and hits the wall and down he goes.
The other players stop and stare.
They’ve never heard the teacher swear.


Rhyme Scheme AABB BBCC

Anonymous said...

Betsy burped the ABCs,
and Thomas popped his toes.
Andrew sang “Amazing Grace”
with hot dogs in his nose.
Michael dropped the microphone.
It bounced and banged a beat.
Caroline confirmed how many
oysters she could eat.

Jacob juggled seven eggs
and dropped them on his head.
Peg performed a poem
with the hiccups as she read.


Ryhme Scheme ABCB DEFE

Anonymous said...

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“Snow day!”
Fred said.
“All play.
Let’s sled!”

“No school!
Just snow.
Way cool
Let’s go!”

ABAB CDCD

Anonymous said...

Our teacher’s a football fanatic.
It’s all that he has on his mind.
He listens to games on his headphones
and frets when his team is behind.

He jumps up and down when they’re winning.
He screams when they fumble a pass.
We know we’re supposed to be reading,
but watching him’s simply a gas.

rhyme scheme-ABCB DEFE

Anonymous said...

Little Boy Blue,
Please cover your nose.
You sneezed on Miss Muffet
and ruined her clothes.
You sprayed Mother Hubbard
and now she is sick.
You put out the fire
on Jack's candle stick
Rhyme-ABCB DEFD

Anonymous said...

didn’t like my lunch today
and traded it for Amy’s.
She didn’t like it either, so
she traded it for Jamie’s.
Jamie didn’t like it, so
he traded it with Brian.
Brian didn’t like it, so
he traded it with Ryan.

abababab

Anonymous said...

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"My doggy ate my homework.
He chewed it up," I said.
But when I offered my excuse
My teacher shook her head.

I saw this wasn’t going well.
I didn’t want to fail.
Before she had a chance to talk,
I added to the tale:

rhyme scheme:ABCB AABA

Anonymous said...

Basketball’s my favorite sport.
I dribble up and down the court.
The ball goes bouncing off my toes
and beans the teacher on the nose.

He stumbles back and grabs his nose
and hits the wall and down he goes.
The other players stop and stare.
They’ve never heard the teacher swear.aa bb cc dd ee ff gg

Anonymous said...

I’m pretty sure my parents are
pretending they are sick.
I know because I taught them both
to do that little trick.
You blow your nose and hold your head
and claim your brain is breaking.
And so, a pro like me would know
my folks are clearly faking.

rhyme scheme-abcb defe

Anonymous said...

A Girl's Garden



A neighbor of mine in the village

Likes to tell how one spring

When she was a girl on the farm, she did

A childlike thing.



One day she asked her father

To give her a garden plot

To plant and tend and reap herself,

And he said, "Why not?"

rhyme scheme abcb defe

Anonymous said...

The Yuckiest Sandwich
by Ellen Jackson


Take a slice of moldy bread.
Spread it thick with mud.
Add an onion ring or two,
topped with slimy crud.
Sprinkle fish food all around—
add a dried-up bug.
Smear the whole thing with the lint
you picked up off the rug.

Rhyme scheme:abcbdbeb

Anonymous said...

We’d never seen the teachers
in a state of such distress.
The principal was yelling
that the lunchroom was a mess.

It started off so innocent
when someone threw a bun,
but all the other kids decided
they should join the fun.

Anonymous said...

Great green globs of
greasy, grimy gopher guts,
mutilated monkey meat,
little birdies’ dirty feet.
Hot school lunches
aren’t fit for kids to eat.
So pass the ketchup, please.

Pizza topped with
rotten eggs and sauerkraut,
seven-week-old speckled trout.
Toss it at your friends and shout.
Start a food fight—
you’ll get caught, without a doubt.
So pass the pepper, please.

rhyme scheme:abccdce fggghge

Anonymous said...

The Road Not Taken



Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;



Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;



Had worn them really about the same,
Rhyme Schme abacd aba

Anonymous said...

Little Boy Blue
please blow your nose.a
It drips like a faucet
and sprays like a hose.a
Your brother and sister
are getting upset,b
so please blow your nose—a
’cause you’re getting them wet!b

Anonymous said...

A Word From the Fat Lady
by Gabrielle Calvocoressi


It isn’t how we look up close
so much as in dreams.

Our giant is not so tall,
our lizard boy merely flaunts

crusty skin- not his fault
they keep him in a crate

and bathe him maybe once a week.
When folks scream or clutch their hair

abcde

Anonymous said...

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the
undergrowth;

Rhyme Scheme: ABAAB

Anonymous said...

Yankee Doodle went to town (A)
riding on a monkey. (B)
He had to take a shower quick, (C)
because he smelled so funky. (

rhyme scheme:abcb

Anonymous said...

I’ve been sitting in detention
since the end of school.
I’ve been sitting in detention
just because I broke a rule.


Throwing meatballs in the lunchroom
wasn’t wise, I fear.
I was aiming at the trash can,
not my teacher’s rear.


rhyme scheme:a
b

Anonymous said...

Forget that two times four is eight.
Forget the name of every state.
Forget the answers on the test.
Forget which way is east or west.

Forget the myths of ancient Rome.
Forget to bring your books from home.
Forget the words you learned to spell.
Forget to hear the recess bell.
Rhyme Schame:A
A
B
B
C
C
C
D
D


Comment: I forget stuff and this kida says make a song to remember stuff and you won,t forget or like about an important invent in your like if someonee died or if somone was born like the song "Happy Birthday" most people sing it to celebrate somebodies birthday

Anonymous said...

I went to a place
that serves all you can eat,
and now my new shoes
do not fit on my feet.

My hat is too tiny
to fit on my head.
My legs now hang over
the edge of my bed.

Rhyme Scheme:ABCBDEFE

Anonymous said...

when cars drive fast
their tires just wont last

when cars crash
it smells like burning ash

when cars drive slow
that means that the car just wont go

when the car slips off the road
it means that the car ran over a toad

AA,BB,AA,BB

Anonymous said...

Take a slice of moldy bread.
Spread it thick with mud.
Add an onion ring or two,
topped with slimy crud.
Sprinkle fish food all around—
add a dried-up bug.
Smear the whole thing with the lint
you picked up off the rug.

Rhyme scheme:abcbdbeb