Page 6 Mood and Rhyme
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Page 6 Mood and Rhyme
Suspense
Rhythm and repetition of that rhythm help to create suspense one of the building blocks of mood ( emotion depicted in a piece of literature).
Check out these lines below.
It rumbled through the valley, it rattled in the dell;
It knocked upon the mountain and recoiled upon the flat,
Does the repetition of sounds through word choice parallel an echo?
Rhyme
Two words that sound alike rhyme.
When a pattern of end rhymes are given letter names, this is called rhyme scheme.
a - a indicates the first rhyming word
a - the rhyming pair both receive the same letter
Can you determine the rhyme scheme for the "Casey at the Bat" poem?
"Casey at the Bat" has a typical rhyme scheme.
The Outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville nine that day: a
The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play. a
And then when Cooney died at first, and Barrows did the same, b
A sickly silence fell upon the patrons of the game. b
The rhyme scheme of the "Casey at the Bat" poem is aabb.
Enunciate (Read with Clarity)
Actors use these exercises to practice speaking clearly.
Try reading Mikado aloud.
The rhyme scheme in the following lines of the "Mikado" poem is aaaa.
Mikado
To sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock,
In a pestilential prison, with a life-long lock,
Awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock,
From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block! (repeat!)
From Gilbert and Sullivan — Mikado
Please contact your teacher if you have questions.