Poems can be set up in special ways. Stanzas are groups of lines. Lines might include a specific number of syllables or might vary in length. Poems use sounds in special ways. A rhyme scheme is the rhyming pattern at the ends of the lines
Which words rhyme in “There was an Old Man with a Beard”?
What rhyme scheme does the poem have? What kind of poem has this rhyme scheme?
What other element of a limerick does this poem have?
What type of poem is “My Journal”? How do you know?
How does the shape of “In the Land of Words” match the ideas in the poem?
How is a similar image created in “I Go to the Land” on page 150?
What form are each of these poems? How do you know?