Literature Activity, proposed to students from the first to the third year of high school, about verses, stanzas and rhymes. This Portuguese activity contains questions about rhyme scheme identification, classification of stanzas according to the number of verses, poem analysis and poem production, with a free theme.
This Portuguese language activity is available for download in an editable Word template, ready to print in PDF and also the completed activity.
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
VERSE: Every line of a poem.
STANZA: Set of verses separated by a space.
CLASSIFICATION REGARDING THE NUMBER OF VERSES PER STROPHE | ||
MONOSTIC |
6 VERSES |
SEXTILLE |
DISTICK |
7 VERSES |
SEVENTH |
TRIPLET |
8 VERSES |
EIGHTH |
BLOCK |
9 VERSES |
NINE |
FARMHOUSE |
10 VERSES |
FROM ABOVE |
METRO- The verses are classified according to the number of metric syllables.
CLASSIFICATION REGARDING THE NUMBER OF SYLLABLES | ||
Monosyllable |
7 syllables |
Heptasyllable or Greater Round |
disyllable |
8 syllables |
octosyllable |
Trisyllable |
9 syllables |
eneasyllable |
tetrasyllable or quadrisyllable |
10 syllables |
decasyllable |
Pentasyllable or minor round |
11 syllables |
hendecasyllable |
hexasyllable |
12 syllables |
Dodecasyllable or Alexandrian Verse |
12 syllables |
free verse |
Rime: A rhyme is the matching of sounds in a poem. The verses that rhyme are called verses rhymed. The verses that don't rhyme are called loose or white verses.
Note the classification regarding the position of the rhyme in a stanza:
Cross-rhyme- The verses alternately rhyme.
The snake was charging the bills The
that she had to demand B
There were so many bills, a
All accounts from one necklace. B
Paired rhyme –The verses rhyme two by two.
don't look at me from the side
that I'm not luscious. The
don't look at me from band b
that I'm not a grocery store. B
Interpolated rhyme -Lines that rhyme are separated by two or more lines that end differently.
But where will the
That I didn't see you? B
In the waters of Lambari b
In the kingdoms of Canada? The
Depending on the choice of words, rhymes can be called poor, rich, rare or precious. Note the examples below:
rime poor – When words that rhyme belong to the same grammatical class. In the example on the right, all words are nouns.
a flea in the gear The
jumped up, turned into a goat
A flea in savings b
he jumped up and went to France. B
[…]The adventures of Pulga- Elias José
rime rich: When words that rhyme belong to different grammatical classes. Example: world – noun, rotated – verb.
The ciranda circled in the middle of the world, the
In the middle of the world the ciranda circled. B
And when the child passed a second, the
A cricket, alone in the world, sang… b
Rare Rhyme –Rhyme obtained with words that allow few rhymes, because there aren't many words that allow sound approximation. As in the example above where the word Eleusis does not allow much sound combination, except with the word gods.
We were born for each other, from this clay
What are rare creatures made of;
You have pagan subtitles on the light meats
And I have the soul of the fauns in my pupil...
You compare yourself to heroic beauties
And in me the Olympic light sparkles,
Scream at us all the noble kinks
From that splendid and peaceful Greece…
The glory that guides us is so much
In our love of selection, deep,
That (I hear the oracle of Eleusis in the distance)
If one day I were yours and you were mine,
Our love would design a world
And from your womb gods would be born...
http://www.casadobruxo.com.br/poesia/r/argila.htm
Mixed or mixed rhymes- They are those that do not follow a “regular layout”, that is, they do not have a fixed layout.
girls by bicycle to
What pedal fagueiras b
I want to be your poet! The
Oh transient statues c
Sparkling blue d
Blondes with mulatto skins c
Princesses of the south side of
Ballad of girls by bicycle (Vinícius de Moraes)
The rhymes can also be internal, that is, they occur inside the verses. Example:
You who are part of this mass
What happens in the projects of the future
it's so hard to have to walk
And giving much more than receiving
And having to show your courage
On the fringe of what may seem
And see that all this gear
Already feel the rust eating you
Hey, oh, oh, cattle life
Marked people, yeah!
Happy people!
Hey, oh, oh, cattle life
Marked people, yeah!
Happy people!
https://www.letras.mus.br/ze-ramalho/49361/
1) Search: 2 poems or 2 songs, then identify the rhyming scheme used by the author/composer. Afterwards, classify the stanzas according to the number of verses in each text.
2) Produce a poem with free theme, the choice as to the number of verses in each stanza and the type of rhyme is up to you, but when socializing with the class you must explain your choices.
Read the following poem:
about ambitions
só
of dust
God made it
But he, instead
to transform
I wanted to be the sun, I wanted to be the sea,
and be heaven… __ be everything at last!
But nothing could! And it was like that
Who began to cry with fury...
But___ah!___it was about his own pain
That sad tears rolled. And the dust
wet, it was sludge___and sludge alone!
Guilherme de Almeida. My dearest verses, p. 64. Rio de Janeiro: Ediouro, 1984.
3) What is the theme proposed in the poem?
4) Reflect what is the meaning of the word only in the poem? Can this word represent phases of our life? Which are?
5) Note the disposition and number of words in each verse of the poem, after making a parallel with the title. Then answer what does increasing the number of words suggest about human ambition?
6) Now it's your turn to create poems reinterpretations. To do so, fill in the gaps in the texts with words that give meaning and rhyme. After, make the classification of the created rhymes. Attention, after finishing the activity you can search for the original poem.
a) I change a bird in the cage
For a hawk_____________
I change a bird in the cage
By a seagull ___________
Poetic classifieds - Roseana Murray
b) Soft bread is soon swallowed
Toasted bread is __________
The hard bread I can't stand
Loaf of bread is _________
Bread, bread…cheese, cheese – Ciça
c) The world is big and_________
In this window over the sea
The sea is big and __________
In bed and mattress ____________
The world is big – Carlos Drummond de Andrade
d) where is the mouse
Who hid in ___________?
Where will my ____________
What did I hide near ______________?
Silly questions – Elias José
e) A little bird to me ________
That the oyster is very ____________
That the snake is very __________,
That the macaw is _______________
And that the sea lion is a_________
Shoo, shoo, bird, no more ____________!
What did the little bird say- José Paulo Paes
By Rosiane Fernandes Silva – Graduated in Letters
At answers are in the link above the header.
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