Question

How do rhyme schemes work?

Answer 1

Hint: Reading a constructed poem by a famous poet will help you to identify exactly which word rhymes with which another. This will also help you to note down each letter of the rhyme scheme.

Complete answer: The rhyme scheme is a rhyme pattern that is used in
poetry, It is used to give meter to the poetry and make it more pleasant to read. It is mostly
used in structured poems where there are clear stanzas. Free verse poetry usually does
not use a rhyme scheme, although there are exceptions.
-First let us choose a relatively simple construction in order to fully grasp the concept of rhyming words. The following is an example of a limerick.
There was a young lady whose chin,
resembled the point of a pin;
so she had it made sharp,
and purchased a harp,
and played several tunes with her chin.
-The given poem is a structured poem. The poem is not wordy but it contains a lot of confusing phrases/metaphors. However, we are not concerned with the content. The only
The thing that matters for a rhyme scheme is the word that comes last in every sentence.
-Let us not down the word at the end of each sentence chronologically - chin, pin, sharp, harp, and chin.
After studying each line, we can infer that the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme with each other and the third and fourth lines match with each other. The rhyming pairs/triplets are ‘chin-pin-chin’ and ‘sharp-harp’. This can be annotated into a rhyme scheme by assigning the same letter to a rhyming word, but a different letter to another pair of rhyming words. So, the rhyme scheme of the given limerick is ‘a-a-b-b-a’. This is the default rhyme scheme of every limerick. The most common rhyme scheme is ‘abab cdcd…’ and so on.

Note: Usually, a poem is written in a way that is heavy, i.e. it has a lot of words. Do not get
confused by the words preceding the end word of a sentence. The last word is all that
matters. Then, pick the correct rhyme scheme accordingly.