Princess Poetry

With The Music of the Hemispheres, we talked about rhyme schemes.  We talked about end rhyme, internal rhyme, and eye rhyme.  So they had four minutes to make a list of rhyming words - as many as they could.  Then they were instructed to use these to help them write a poem where they experimented with different rhyme schemes.  I'll put Princess S's poem first.

Pat And Mat

Pat has a hat.  So does Mat.

Pat and Mat are cats.

Pat and Mat sat.

Deep in wonder, they wander away.

They see roses, oh so pretty.

They see a thistlebush, what a pitty.

They see a plate.

They see a rat.

SPLAT!

They ate.

I thought this was a great poem that showcases the different types of rhyme.  And of course, her sense of humor has to show through.

Sleeping Maiden

She dances into moonlight

holding up her heavy head.

Twirling out of sight,

and tumbling into bed.

The maiden spots a starry line

as they twinkle, while she finds

that counting stars instead of 

sheep will maybe help her find

some sleep.

One star, two star, three star, four,

five star, six! Hundreds more!

Her eyes they fall, 

they flutter and twitch

A sleeping maiden,

beautiful to all, has fallen

into dreaming calls.

Princess E has been waiting impatiently for us to get to this book.  She believes it will help her with her song writing.  As you can see she has a way with words.  The ending is a little wonky, but other than that, she did great.  She experimented mostly with end rhyme patterns, but there are a few spots with internal rhyme.