It’s fun when poems rhyme, isn’t it? Let’s learn a little more about rhyming!
March 21 is World Poetry Day. Don’t you agree that it’s lovely when poems rhyme? Let’s learn a little bit more about rhyming in poems.
When a poem has rhyming words at the end of its lines, they are called end rhymes. For example:
“Whose woods these are I think I know,
His house is in the village, though;”
What is a rhyme scheme?
A rhyme scheme is the way or pattern in which the lines in a poem rhyme with each other. You can find out what a poem’s rhyme scheme is by looking at the last word in each line. Take a look at this poem.
‘Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.”
The words ‘star’ and ‘are’ rhyme with each other. Assign the letter ‘A’ to them. ‘High’ and ‘sky’ rhyme with each other. Let’s call these words ‘B’. Now, the rhyme scheme of this stanza would be AABB.
Here’s another example:
Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.
‘Doing’ and ‘pursuing’ rhyme with each other. Assign ‘A’ to them. ‘Fate’ and ‘wait’ rhyme – call these words ‘B’. The rhyme scheme of this stanza ABAB.
Now, try guessing the rhyme scheme of these poems.
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It’s a strange feeling writing an ode to the great Stephen Hawking on World Pi Day. Stephen William Hawking (8 January 1942 – 14 March 2018) was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author, and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within the University of Cambridge. He has contributed significantly to the research of black holes and cosmology in general.
His book A Brief History of Time appeared on the British Sunday Times best-seller list for a record-breaking 237 weeks. Hawking had a rare early-onset slow-progressing form of motor neurone disease (also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, “ALS”) that gradually paralysed him over the decades. Even after the loss of his speech, he was still able to communicate through a speech-generating device, initially through use of a hand-held switch, and eventually by using a single cheek muscle. He died on 14 March 2018 at the age of 76. Let’s take a look at some moments from his inspiring life…
Hawking also had a great fan following on mainstream media, featuring in The Simpsons, The Big Bang Theory and The Theory of Everything. At Young World Club, our focus on curiosity is reinforced by his quote – “Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you don’t just give up.”
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