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Rhyme and
Poetry
RHYMES• Rhymes are poems or verses that have words
with identical or similar sounds. • One of the first exposures that children have
to literature is through rhyme.
“The pleasures of stories begins with Mother Goose or nursery rhymes”
(pg. 240 Children’s Literature)
• Poetry is a rhythmical expression of feeling through written or spoken word.
• Children use forms of verse and poetry to help themselves free their imagination.
“There are no good poems…suitable only for children.”
– W.H. Auden
Nursery Rhymes are the simplest of stories that are told to children at a young age and can be some of
their first experiences with rhyme and verse.
Three Blind MiceBy: Mother Goose
Three blind mice, three blind mice, See how
they run, See how they run,They all ran after the farmer's wife,Who cut off their tails with a carving knife,Did you ever see
such a sight in your life, As three blind mice?
Nursery Rhymes
Limericks are silly or nonsensical poems. LIMERICK
FLAPJACK JACKFlapjack Jack flipped flat flapjacks at Phil,Jack flung flapjacks at Joe, Flo and Jill,Phil flipped flapjacks at Flo,Flo flew five back at Joe,And said, "A flipped flapjack food fight takes skill!
Narrative poetry tells a story about something.
Narrative Poetry
We looked!Then we saw himstep in on the mat!We looked!And we saw him!The Cat in the Hat!"“I know it is wetAnd the sun is not sunny.But we can haveLots of good funthat is funny!”
“Look at me! Look at me! Look at me NOW! It is fun to have fun But you have to know how.” “'Have no fear, little fish,' Said the Cat in the Hat. 'These Things are good Things.' And he gave them a pat."
"Then our mother came in And she said to us two, 'Did you have any fun? Tell me. What did you do?" And Sally and I did not know what to say. Should we tell her The things that went on there that day?" "Well...what would YOU do If your mother asked you?"
The Cat in the Hat
By: Dr. Seuss
Rhythm is the reoccurring flow of the beats within a verse.
RhythmHUG-O-WAR
I will not play at tug o' warI'd rather play at hug o' war,
Where everyone hugsInstead of tugs
Where everyone gigglesAnd rolls on the rug,
Where everyone kissesAnd everyone grins
And everyone cuddlesAnd everyone wins.
-Shel Silverstein
Imagery is the words that appeal to the senses.
ImageryHowler Monkey
If camping in the AmazonYou’ll surely rise at the crack of dawn.Though little sunlight filters through
You’ll wake when howler monkeys do-
The loudest animal on land,With voice so piercing few can stand
Their eerie calls at break of day(heard loud and clear three miles away)
The tree trunks tremble,branches quake
Make no mistake,You’ll beAWAKE
WORK CITED• Brooks, Lou. Twimericks: The Book of Tongue-Twisting
Limericks. New York: Workman Publishing Company, 2008. Print.
• Engelbreit, Mary. Mary Engelbreit's Mother Goose . New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2004. Print.
• Gibson, Amy, and Daniel Salmieri. Around the world on eighty legs (more or less) . New York: Scholastic Press, 2010. Print.
• Silverstein, Shel. Where the sidewalk ends: the poems & drawings of Shel Silverstein.. New York: Harper and Row, 1974. Print.
• Seuss, Dr.. The cat in the hat . New York: Beginner Books, 1967. Print.
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