Poetry: Rhyming Couplets

"A couplet is a two-lined verse. Both lines rhyme"

We saw a lovely poem today that someone had posted on facebook.

I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

A tree that may in Summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;

Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.

~ Joyce Kilmer

...and so we decided to look into the format of the poem and that I should write one myself.

It was cool and fun. First I build up a word bank and then I numbered my lines in pairs, from 1 -12 (6 verses of rhyming couplets). My subject was Dolphins as my dad saw 2 in the bay yesterday.

Here is my "rhyming couplet" poem:

1 I have never seen

2 Such a graceful being

3 The dolphin jumps and plays

4 In great, big waves.

5 She jumps to the clouds

6 Then splashes back down.

7 By far the smartest in the sea

8 All they do is play and be free.

9 Dolphins dream of eating darting silver fish

10 Dancing to the seas great songs is their wish.

11 Dolphins should not be in a cage to entertain

12 They should be free to roam their ocean terrain!

---oo0oo---

If you are looking for rhyming words try typing in ...What rhymes with ........ Mine search opened up in http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_rhymes_with_entertain

Answer

aine, ayn, bain, baine, bane, bayne, blain, blaine, blane, blayne, brain, cain, caine, cane, cayne, chain, cheyne, crain, craine, crane, crayne, dain, dane, dayne, drain, draine, drane, duan, duane, dwayne, fain, fane, fayne, feign, fein, frain, fraine, frane, frayn, frayne, frein, freyne, gain, grain, grein, hahne, hain, hane, hayn, hayne, heyn, heyne, jain, jane, jayne, kain, kaine, kane, kayne, krain, krane, krein, lain, laine, lane, layne, ln, main, maine, mane, mayne, meyn, paign, pain, paine, pane, payne, plain, plane, quain, rain, raine, rayne, reign, rein, reine, sain, saine, sane, shain, shaine, shane, shayne, slain, slaine, slane, spain, splain, splaine, sprain, stain, strain, swain, swaine, swayne, thain, thaine, thane, thayne, train, trane, twain, vain, vane, vein, veyne, vrain, wain, wane, wayne, zane, abstain, again, ahlen, alain, alaine, alane, alayne, allain, arcane, arraign, attain, bahrain, beauchaine, biscayne, brattain, buntain, butane, campaign, catain, champagne, champaign, champlain, charlayne, charmain, charmaine, chastain, cocaine, complain, constrain, contain, costain, courchaine, dahrain, decrane, defrain, delaine, demain, deschaine, despain, detain, devane, dewayne, disdain, domain, domaine, duchaine, dufrane, dumaine, duquesne, dushane, duwayne, elaine, elane, elayne, explain, fontaine, fountaine, galane, germain, germaine, germane, helane, hossain, humane, hussain, hussein, iain, inane, insane, jermaine, jyishane, laraine, lehane, lennane, lorain, loraine, lorraine, maclaine, maclean, maintain, mcbain, mcbane, mccain, mccane, mcclain, mcclaine, mcclane, mcgrain, mcgrane, mcguane, mckain, mckane, mclain, mclane, mclean, mcquain, mcshane, mcswain, mcwain, morain, moraine, mundane, mustain, obtain, ordain, partain, pertain, profane, refrain, regain, remain, restrain, retain, retrain, rogaine, romain, romaine, ruane, sartain, serbaine, spokane, sustain, sylvain, terrain, tirane, torain, tremaine, tulane, ukraine, uptain, urbain, urbane, yeargain, aquitaine, ascertain, inhumane, kahane, lafountain, lafountaine, lamontagne, overtrain, preordain, legerdemain

Other Refs: http://childrensbooks.suite101.com/article.cfm/how_to_write_a_couplet

http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poetryclass/sick.html

http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/glossaryItem.do?id=8064