Rhyming poem

A rhyme scheme is a pattern of rhyme that repeats throughout a poem.

There are lots of rhyming schemes in poetry.

Structure and examples

Many rhyming schemes deal with rhymes at the end of a line. Here are two of them:

Alternate (or ABAB) rhyme: It rhymes as “ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH.” So the first and third lines of each stanza rhyme, and the second and fourth lines rhyme.

"The Drifter’s Melody" by Megan R. Bokowski

The time soon comes for parting,

And our time is at an end.

The rest of your life is starting,

And we have no time at all to spend.

You knew one day you'd have to go,

But thought you'd have more time.

We can't reverse time's one-way flow,

But at least you'll have this rhyme.

You had your shining moments,

Upon this life's darkened stage,

And in my book of wonderments

You'll never be just another page.

Like the exploding of a star,

You've changed me in and out.

Your light will travel with me far,

Past when all other lights go out.

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Short measure:

An interesting variation on alternate rhyme. The second and fourth lines of a stanza rhyme, but the first and third do not.

“The Rose That Grew From Concrete” by Tupac Shakur

Did you hear about the rose that grew

from a crack in the concrete?

Proving nature's law is wrong it

learned to walk without having feet.

Funny it seems, but by keeping its dreams,

it learned to breathe fresh air.

Long live the rose that grew from concrete

when no one else ever cared.

(Annotations)