Rhyme and Repitition

We will analyze the impact of rhyme and repetition on text. Concept Development

Rhyme and repetition can impact2 emotions and meaning. Rhyme: words with the same ending sound. excerpt from A Poison Tree Repetition: repeated by William Blake words or phrases. I was angry with my friend; Alliteration: repeated I told my wrath3, my wrath did end. same sound. I was angry with my foe4: I told it not, my wrath did grow.

Sound Device Impact

Repetition of the word “wrath” expresses the extreme anger felt by the narrator Alliteration of “was” and “with” conveys the meaning of the anger being similar. Rhyme of “end” with “friend” conveys the meaning of resolution of the anger. Rhyme of “foe” and “grow” conveys the meaning of non-resolution and increasing anger.

CFU

Which of the following sentences uses alliteration for more impactful? Explain. A The rain came down from the overcast sky. B The depressing rain drizzled down from the sky.

In your own words, how are rhyme and repetition used in literature?

1 Read the text carefully.

2 Identify2 rhyme (box), repetition (underline), and alliteration (circle). 3 Analyze the impact of rhyme and repetition. (circle and write)

America for Me by Henry Van Dyke

So it’s home again, and home again, America for me! My heart is turning home again, and there I long to be, In the land of youth and freedom beyond the ocean bars Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars.

Oh, London is a man’s town, there’s power in the air; And Paris is a woman’s town, with flowers in the hair; And it’s sweet to dream in Venice, and it’s great to study Rome; But when it comes to living... there is no place like home.

1. The repetition of “home again” adds emotion to the poem by A explaining that his home is America B expressing a dislike for travel C conveying feelings of longing for home

2. How does the rhyme and repetition help convey the message of home in the poem?

Summary: An insecure woman borrows a friend’s diamond necklace for a party, and accidentally loses it. Instead of telling her friend that she lost it, she spends years trying to scrape up the money to pay for a new real diamond necklace. After finally replacing it for the owner, the friend lets her know that the original necklace was a fake. excerpt from The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant 1 2 Mme.6 Loisel experienced the horrible life the needy live. She played her part, however, with sudden heroism. 3That frightful debt had to be paid. 4She would pay it. 5She learned to do the heavy housework, to perform the hateful duties of cooking. 1. The alliteration adds a feeling of loathing to the passage by A helping explain the kind of life the needy live B expressing Mme. Loisel’s new appreciation for hard work C expressing the dislike Mme. Loisel has for her new lifestyle

1 Read the text carefully.

2 Identify2 rhyme (box), repetition (underline), and alliteration (circle). 3 Analyze the impact of rhyme and repetition. (circle and write)

2. How does the alliteration help convey the message of Mme. Loisel’s tough, new lifestyle?

Summary: Late at night, a man is in his room, half reading, half falling asleep, trying to forget his lost love, Lenore. He hears someone (or something like the ghost of Lenore) knocking at the door. He calls out to the "visitor" he imagines is outside. Then he opens the door and finds nothing. He think it is just the wind at the window. So, he opens the window, and in flies a raven. excerpt from The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore-- While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,

As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber10 door. "'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door-- Only this and nothing more."

1. The use of rhyme and repetition adds curiosity to the poem by A helping express the narrator’s sleepy mood B describing what the narrator is doing in his chamber late at night C imitating the possible sounds heard outside late at night 2. Analyze the impact of rhyme and repetition of sounds on the message of the text.

Skill Closure 1 Read the text carefully.

2 Identify2 rhyme (box), repetition (underline), and alliteration (circle). 3 Analyze the impact of rhyme and repetition. (circle and write) from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge The fair breeze blew, Summary: Sailors sail into a the white foam flew,

new sea not known before. The furrow11 followed free; We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea.

1. The use of alliteration conveys excitement in the poem by A conveying an image of the sailboat on the sea B expressing the sound of the breeze on the water C drawing attention to words that describe the first journey on the open sea

2. Analyze the impact of rhyme and repetition on the message of the text.

Concept Closure Write an explanation. Annabel noticed that two lines from the poem Rime of the Ancient Mariner start with the word “The”. Explain why this is NOT a good example of alliteration.

Summary Closure What did you learn today about analyzing the impact of rhyme and repetition on text? (Pair-Share) Use words from the word bank. Word Bank rhyme repetition alliteration message impact

Read the passage. Box the rhyme. Underline the repetition. Circle the alliteration. Analyze the impact by answering the questions.

from The Bells by Edgar Allen Poe

Hear the sledges1 with the bells - Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! While the stars that over sprinkle All the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight; Keeping time, time, time,

In a sort of Runic2 rhyme, To the tintinnabulation3 that so musically wells From the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells - From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.

1. The repetition of “tinkle, tinkle, tinkle” adds cheerfulness to the poem by A expressing how cold the icy night has become B drawing attention to the happy sound that ringing bells make C expressing what the sledge sounds like in the snow

2. Analyze the impact of rhyme and repetition on the meaning of the text.

Listening Listen to the passage read aloud. Identify any repetition or rhyme. Then, analyze the impact.

1. Repetition in The Flag Goes By: ______

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2. Rhyme in The Flag Goes By: ______

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3. Analyze the impact of rhyme and repetition on the meaning of the text.

Reading

Read the passage. Box the rhyme. Underline the repetition. Circle the alliteration. Analyze impact by answering the question. from The Brook by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

I chatter over stony ways, In little sharps and trebles, I bubble into eddying bays, I babble on the pebbles.

With many a curve my banks I fret1 By many a field and fallow2, And many a fairy foreland set

With willow-weeds and mallow3.

I chatter, chatter, as I flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever.

1. The repetition of “chatter” adds playfulness by A telling the reader that the brook talks too much B making it seem like the brook is talking as it flows to the river C explaining how loud the brook is when it meets the river

2. Analyze the impact of rhyme and repetition.

Writing

Write an explanation of rhyme in the poem. Explain why the rhyme draws attention to certain words and conveys the mood of the author.

Dust of Snow by Robert Frost The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree Has given my heart A change of mood And saved some part

Of a day I had rued2. Write an explanation of alliteration in the poem. Then, write your own alliterative sentence about the same topic.

Winter Chilled, cold, and crisp Winter wind wanders in as a new day nips at my nose. Soft sounds say stop, look, listen…limberly

animals affront4 with animosity5. author unknown

Your alliterative sentence on winter:

Read the passage. Analyze the impact of rhyme and repetition.

The Siege of Belgrade See background by Alaric Alexander Watts information on

An Austrian array1, awfully arrayed, next page. Boldly by battery2, besieged Belgrade. Cossack3 commanders, cannonading come, Dealing destruction’s devastating doom; Every endeavor, engineers essay For fame, for fortune, forming furious fray. Gaunt gunners grapple, giving gashes good Heaves high his head heroic hardihood. Ibraham, Islam, Ismael, imps in ill, Jostle John Jarovlitz, Jem, Joe, Jack, Jill: Kick kindling Kutusoff, king’s kinsman kill; Labor low levels loftiest longest lines; Men march ‘mid moles, ‘mid mounds, ‘mid murderous mines. Now nightfall’s nigh, now needful nature nods. Opposed, opposing, overcoming odds. Poor peasants, partly purchased, partly pressed, Quite quaking, “Quarter! Quarter! ” quickly quest. Reason returns, recalls redundant rage,

Saves sinking soldiers, softens signiors4 sage. Truce, Turkey, truce! truce, treacherous Tartar train! Unwise, unjust, unmerciful Ukraine! Vanish, vile vengeance! vanish, victory vain! Wisdom wails war – wails warring words. What were Xerxes, Xantippe, Ximenes, Xavier? Yet yassy’s youth, ye yield your youthful yest. Zealously, zanies, zealously zeal’s zest.

1. Analyze the impact of rhyme and repetition on the meaning of the text.

Listen to The Siege of Belgrade by Alaric Alexander Watts (1797 to 1864), an example of a famous alliterative poem written in the English language. Notice that the author uses every letter of the alphabet – one for each line. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embed ded&v=hVt9jA58DD4

1. In the Siege of Belgrade from September 15 to October 8, 1789, the army of Habsburg, Austria, besieged an Ottoman Turkish force in the fortress of

Belgrade. 2. After a three week leaguer1, the Austrians stormed and captured the fortress. 3. Austria held the city until 1791 when it handed Belgrade back to the Ottomans according to the terms of the peace treaty. 4. Several Austrian soldiers who distinguished themselves during the siege later held important commands in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. 5. Belgrade is the capital of modern Serbia.