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Hi there! I am Studyfin, your learning buddy. Today we will explore the magic of poetry!
Poetry is a special kind of writing. It uses words to paint pictures in your mind. Poems often have a beat, just like your favorite songs.
Many poems use rhyme. Rhyming words have the same ending sound, like 'cat' and 'hat'. When words rhyme, they make a nice pattern.
Poems are built with lines. A group of lines is called a stanza. Stanzas are like the paragraphs of a poem.
✏️ Worked example
Let us look at this short poem: My dog is very sweet. He likes to eat a treat. How do we know these lines rhyme?
- First, find the last word of the first line. The word is 'sweet'.
- Next, find the last word of the second line. The word is 'treat'.
- Then, say both words out loud: 'sweet' and 'treat'.
- Listen to the ending sound. Both words end with the 'eet' sound.
- Since they share the same ending sound, they are rhyming words!
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