Poetry Couplets English Language Arts

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2. A couplet
[CUP-let] is
the simplest
form of
poetry. Do you
see the word
"couple" in
couplet? A
couple is two
of something.
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3. A couplet is a poem made of two lines of rhyming poetry
that usually have the same meter. There are no rules
about length or rhythm. Two words that rhyme can be
called a couplet.
Do you know what the pioneers ate when they got
desperate ??????????
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4. Snake
Steak
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5. Most poems will consist of more than two
words.
The rule to remember is that each
line in a couplet has an end rhyme.
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6. We can mark end rhymes alphabetically
to keep track of the rhyming pattern.
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7. Twinkle twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are
For instance, look at this couplet:
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8. The words star and are are end rhymes. We'll
use the letter "A" to mark the rhyme pattern.
We can string couplets together to make a
longer poem, so now I'll join that couplet with
another:
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9. Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
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10. That couplet gets the next letter in the alphabet, "B". Here is
the complete poem with the end rhyme pattern marked:
When the blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon,

Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
A
A
B
B
C
C
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11. How many couplets are strung together to
create this poem? ______
Then the traveler in the dark,
Thanks you for your tiny spark,
He could not see which way to go,
If you did not twinkle so.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
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12.  Let's work together to create a couplet. One has been started for
you; all you need to do is fill in the blanks.
        A _____________ (1-syllable word) flew through the
air.
        It fell upon a ____________ (1-syllable word that
rhymes with "air.")
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13. That wasn't much of a challenge, was it? Let's try something with a little
more difficulty. For this exercise you are to use your name as the first line
of your couplet. You may use any combination of your first, middle, and
last names. Here are a few examples to get your creative juices flowing:
Brenda Sue   Aurora LaShay   Zachary Hill Wade
Ate some stew Went outside to play Stood very still Stayed

14. As your lesson on the
couplet comes to an
end, choose any topic
you like and write a
couplet. Maybe you
will discover that:
       
You were a poet
But didn't know it!
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