Examples Of Rhyme In Poetry

One Rhyme at a Time

On many occasions, people may find poems without rhyme schemes uninteresting, bland, or maybe not even poems at all. Though rhyme is not necessarily needed to make a poem good, it is a technique used by poets to create emphasis on certain aspects of specific themes they are trying to express. Moreover, rhyme schemes may contribute to the mood or tone of a piece, or even be used to create a certain rhythm or flow. Poems like “Sound and Sense” by Alexander Pope, “That Time of Year” by the famous William Shakespeare, and “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar, are perfectly good examples of professionals taking their writing to the next level with a touch of rhyme. Each of these authors have contributed greatly to the art of writing, and though their situations, or motives, for writing the poems may be different, their effective use of the different schemes helps the authors create a certain feeling to each verse in their work. The rhyme schemes in “Sound and Sense,” “That Time of Year,” and “We Wear the Mask” contribute to the author 's feelings on vital situations they face through their daily life. In “Sound and Sense,” Alexander Pope shows off his abilities as a poet through his use of rhyme in an

In “We Wear the Mask”, the commonly used Rondeau in Tetrameter is utilized by the author to emphasize. This scheme gives the author the ability to persistently remind his audience of the seriousness of his situation. The author continuously repeats the title,“We Wear the Mask!”, in all three stanzas of the poem, usually at the end of each. This would not be possible without the use of his chosen rhyme scheme. The Rondeau in Tetrameter does not require for all lines to rhyme and so this allows Dunbar to repeat the message he wants to get across to his audience. It provides a sense of importance as well as seriousness to his theme, since he knows that whenever a certain word or phrase is said more than once, it will stick to the