English - Literature - Poetry - Introduction to poetry - rhythm and rhyme - Find the Rhyme Scheme

6 short poems (4 lines each). Child labels each line with A, B, C, etc. to show the rhyme scheme: (1) 'The cat sat on the mat (A) / And looked at the bat (A) / Then it ran to the door (B) / And fell on the floor (B)' = AABB. (2) 'I saw a star so bright (A) / Upon the hill so high (B) / It lit the da