You can work out the rhyme scheme of a poem by labelling the words that rhyme with each other. It will help you see the pattern of the poem. For example, if a poem's first and third lines rhyme you ...

Stopped—struck—my ticking—through—" Sounds like a song, doesn’t it? The alliteration of the /s/ sound in the last line, along with the rhyming of ‘do’ with ‘through’ is satisfying. It is beautiful, ...

You can work out the rhyme scheme of a poem by labelling the words that rhyme with each other. It will help you see the pattern of the poem. For example, if a poem's first and third lines rhyme you ...