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Heart, We Will Forget Him
By: Emily Dickinson

Heart, we will forget him!
You and I, tonight!
You may forget the warmth she gave,
I will forget the light!
What
is
the
rhyme
scheme?
The rhyme scheme
is ABCB.
The ryhmes are
tonight and light
(they share the same
vowel and consonant at
the end of the word).
PERFECT RHYME
(or true rhyme)
A rhyme in which two or more words
begin with different consonant
sounds, then have identical stressed
vowel sounds. Any other following
sounds are identical.
Perfect rhymes do not have
to be spelled thedo not have
Perfect rhymes same way

to be spelled the same way

Examples:
rink, wink
gratitude, latitude
What rhymes
perfectly with the
word “wonder”?
blunder
plunder
sunder
thunder
under

Saunter, daughter, computer
are not perfect rhymes for they
don’t have matching vowel
and consonant sounds after
the initial “w”.
The Difference Between
Despair
By: Emily Dickinson

T M is Smooth – no
he ind
M
otion
Contented as the E
ye
Upon the F
orehead of a B –
ust
T
hat knows – it cannot see.
What
is
the
rhyme
scheme?
The
rhyme scheme
is
A-B-C-slanted B
The Difference Between
Despair

T M is Smooth – no M
he ind
otion
(A)
Contented as the E (B
ye )
Upon the F
orehead of a B – (C)
ust
T
hat knows – it cannot see.
(slanted B
)
SLANT RHYME

(partial rhyme, off rhyme,
half rhyme, near rhyme)

A partial or imperfect
rhyme which often uses
assonance or
consonance only.
Slant rhymes do not have to be
spelled in different ways.

how, row
lovely/ funny
perfect
rhyme

Slant
Rhyme

BROWN
clown, crown, down, drown done, brawn, bone, ruin,
frown, gown, noun, town… bummed, broad, crowed…

INSTANT

fixing, old land, mixed drink,
king’s men, hand stand,
minced meat, Jim said…

TOPIC
tropic, myopic, microscopic…
knocked, real hick, mock pit,
hoped, rotten, some think…
If the world of Western Poetics resisted slant
rhyme, the world of Hip-hop embraced it.
The difference, probably, is that Western
Poetry (though an Oral tradition by origin)
had become a written tradition.
The reader of a poem may not understand
that “eye” if pronounced in a certain way,
can rhyme very closely with “see.”
Hip-hop as an oral tradition never had to
worry about how a “reader” might
pronounce a word, it is always up to the
emcee.
Memories Live
By: Talib Kweli
Yo it kind of make me think of way back when,
I was a portrait of the artist as a young man,
All those teenage dreams of rappin’
Writin’ rhymes on napkins,
Was really visualization, making this here
actually happen
The
rhyme
scheme
is
A- slanted A - B- slanted Bslanted B
NY State of Mind
By: Nas
I got so many rhymes I don’t think I’m too sane
Life is parallel to Hell but I must maintain,
And be prosperous, though we live dangerous,
Cops could just arrest me, blaming us, we’re held like hostages
AIRPLANES
By B.O.B.
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky are like shooting stars?
I could use a wish right now
Wish right now, wish right now
“For me, such rhymes as, say,
‘swans/ stones’ or ‘gibe/club’ or
‘south/both’ often sound more beautiful
and interesting than such hard-rhyme
combinations as ‘bones/stones,’ or
‘rub/club’ or south/mouth’”
-Robert Pinsky

(in his introduction to Dante’s Inferno)
GROUP ACTIVITY
Performance

Compose a poem on how you can
encourage people to use the English
language. There should be instances
of perfect rhyme and slant rhyme.
Interpret it through a music video.

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Hip-Hop as Poetry

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  • 12. Heart, We Will Forget Him By: Emily Dickinson Heart, we will forget him! You and I, tonight! You may forget the warmth she gave, I will forget the light!
  • 14. The rhyme scheme is ABCB. The ryhmes are tonight and light (they share the same vowel and consonant at the end of the word).
  • 15. PERFECT RHYME (or true rhyme) A rhyme in which two or more words begin with different consonant sounds, then have identical stressed vowel sounds. Any other following sounds are identical.
  • 16. Perfect rhymes do not have to be spelled thedo not have Perfect rhymes same way to be spelled the same way Examples: rink, wink gratitude, latitude
  • 17. What rhymes perfectly with the word “wonder”? blunder plunder sunder thunder under Saunter, daughter, computer are not perfect rhymes for they don’t have matching vowel and consonant sounds after the initial “w”.
  • 18. The Difference Between Despair By: Emily Dickinson T M is Smooth – no he ind M otion Contented as the E ye Upon the F orehead of a B – ust T hat knows – it cannot see.
  • 21. The Difference Between Despair T M is Smooth – no M he ind otion (A) Contented as the E (B ye ) Upon the F orehead of a B – (C) ust T hat knows – it cannot see. (slanted B )
  • 22. SLANT RHYME (partial rhyme, off rhyme, half rhyme, near rhyme) A partial or imperfect rhyme which often uses assonance or consonance only.
  • 23. Slant rhymes do not have to be spelled in different ways. how, row lovely/ funny
  • 24. perfect rhyme Slant Rhyme BROWN clown, crown, down, drown done, brawn, bone, ruin, frown, gown, noun, town… bummed, broad, crowed… INSTANT fixing, old land, mixed drink, king’s men, hand stand, minced meat, Jim said… TOPIC tropic, myopic, microscopic… knocked, real hick, mock pit, hoped, rotten, some think…
  • 25. If the world of Western Poetics resisted slant rhyme, the world of Hip-hop embraced it. The difference, probably, is that Western Poetry (though an Oral tradition by origin) had become a written tradition. The reader of a poem may not understand that “eye” if pronounced in a certain way, can rhyme very closely with “see.” Hip-hop as an oral tradition never had to worry about how a “reader” might pronounce a word, it is always up to the emcee.
  • 26. Memories Live By: Talib Kweli Yo it kind of make me think of way back when, I was a portrait of the artist as a young man, All those teenage dreams of rappin’ Writin’ rhymes on napkins, Was really visualization, making this here actually happen
  • 27. The rhyme scheme is A- slanted A - B- slanted Bslanted B
  • 28. NY State of Mind By: Nas I got so many rhymes I don’t think I’m too sane Life is parallel to Hell but I must maintain, And be prosperous, though we live dangerous, Cops could just arrest me, blaming us, we’re held like hostages
  • 29. AIRPLANES By B.O.B. Can we pretend that airplanes In the night sky are like shooting stars? I could use a wish right now Wish right now, wish right now
  • 30. “For me, such rhymes as, say, ‘swans/ stones’ or ‘gibe/club’ or ‘south/both’ often sound more beautiful and interesting than such hard-rhyme combinations as ‘bones/stones,’ or ‘rub/club’ or south/mouth’” -Robert Pinsky (in his introduction to Dante’s Inferno)
  • 31. GROUP ACTIVITY Performance Compose a poem on how you can encourage people to use the English language. There should be instances of perfect rhyme and slant rhyme. Interpret it through a music video.