KINGDOM 1 Focus on ... rhyme Rhyme is similar sounding words in poetry or song.
Rhyme creates a musical quality. Many poets and songwriters make use of a rhyming scheme, where similar sounding words are placed at the end of lines. This is known as end rhyme. Internal rhyme is when some words or phrases within the same line rhyme.
Work with a partner to fi nd words that rhyme with the following: lace
proud frame middle.
The rhyme in ‘You Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover’ is regular, which means it has a pattern. The rhyming scheme in this song is aabb. This means that the last words in the fi rst two and last two lines rhyme. Take a look:
You can’t judge an apple by looking at a tree, You can’t judge honey by looking at the bee,
a a
You can’t judge a daughter by looking at the mother, b You can’t judge a book by looking at the cover,
b
Now, listen to the song being performed by The Strypes.
