Poetry Sounds

At first, I thought rhyme was words that sound alike, but I learned that rhyme is the repetition of the sounds of the stressed vowels and any sound that follows in words that are close together.

An example of a poem with end rhyme is below. The title is "I Love You, My Friend" and the author is Lynn Smiley. The rhyme scheme is ABAB.

On my poetry pretest, I was below grade-level. On my posttest, I hope that I will be at or hopefully above grade-level.

I Love You, My Friend by Lynn Smiley

Shall I run or hide
And die inside
Or pretend
That I never knew you, even as a friend?

Can I go back in time,
Before your hand was in mine,
Or erase the kiss,
That I will forever miss,
Or forget your eyes
That seem to hypnotize?

Can my mind erase
The feel of your embrace?
How can I forget all of this
And pretend it doesn't exist?

I want you to know one thing that will never end -
my love for you. I love you, my friend