Unit 1: Poetry
  • U1 Listening

    • U1 Listening

    Before You Listen 

    Poets, authors of poems, will often use words that end with the same sound to make their poems more musical or interesting to read. Rhyming is when two or more words end with the same sound. 

    Examples:

    Many poets will use rhyming in a repeated pattern. This makes the rhymes noticeable and sounds pleasant to the listener or reader. A pattern of rhyming is called a rhyme scheme. Rhyme schemes are often labeled with letters to show the order of the pattern. 

    Example

    The Four Ages of Man

    by William Butler Yeats

    		Ending SoundRhyme Scheme
    He with body waged a fight,ightA
    But body won; it walks upright.ightA
    Then he struggled with the heart;artB
    Innocence and peace depart.artB
    Then he struggled with the mind;indC
    His proud heart he left behind.indC
    Now his wars on God begin;inD
    At stroke of midnight God shall win.inD

    "ight" sound = A. "art" sound = B. "ind" sound = C. "in" sound = D.

    Therefore, the rhyme scheme of this poem is AABBCCDD.

    Listen

    Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

    Click the link to listen to Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas.

    https://youtu.be/1mRec3VbH3w 

    While You Listen

    Exercise 1.8

    Listen to the poem by Dylan Thomas three times. 

    1. Listen to the poem the first time.

    What words rhyme (end with the same sound)?

     
     
     

    2. Is there a pattern to the rhyming? 

     
     

    3. Listen to the poem a second time. What emotions do you feel while listening?

     
     

    4. Listen to the poem a third time. What words or phrases gave you that feeling? 

     
     
     

    Listen

    Danny Boy

    Click the link to listen to Danny Boy written by Frederic Weatherly and sung by Bing Crosby.

    https://youtu.be/lvXocq1c4dc 

    After You Listen

    Exercise 1.9

    Part A

    Listen to Danny Boy the first time.

    What words rhyme (end with the same sound)?

     
     
     

    Is there a pattern to the rhyming?

     

    Part B

    Listen to the poem a second time. 

    As you listen, circle the words that rhyme below. Then label the matching sets of rhyme A, B, C, etc.

    Danny Boy (Bing Crosby Arrangement)

    O Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling   ____
    From glen to glen and down the mountainside   ____
    The summer's gone and all the roses falling   ____
    'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide   ____
     
    But come ye back when summer's in the meadow   ____
    Or all the valley's hushed and white with snow   ____
    'Tis I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow   ____
    O Danny boy, O Danny boy, I love you so   ____
     
    But come ye back when summer's in the meadow   ____
    Or all the valley's hushed and white with snow   ____
    'Tis I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow   ____
    O Danny boy, O Danny boy, I love you so   ____
     
    Part C
     
    What is the rhyme scheme for this poem? Circle the correct rhyme scheme. 
     
         1. ABAB ACAC ADAD
         2. ABCB DADA DBDB
         3. ABCA ABCA ABCA
         4. ABCB DDDD DDDD 
     
      

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