Rhyme royal

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/rhyme-royal

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the poetic stanza form?A seven-line stanza
2. What is the introduced to english poetry?By Geoffrey Chaucer
3. How many lines does a rhyme royal have?It has exactly seven lines. Each line is part of a musical pattern that helps the poem flow.
4. What does the ABABBCC rhyme scheme look like?The rhyme pattern is ABABBCC. Lines 1 and 3 rhyme, lines 2, 4, and 5 rhyme, and the last two lines rhyme together.

Stanza: A unified group of lines forming the basic metrical unit of a poem; a verse.
Rhyme Scheme: The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.
Versification: The art or practice of writing poetry, especially with regard to meter and rhyme.
Cadence: A rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words.