Analyze Slant Rhymes Sonnet Activity

Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poem, "How Do I Love Thee?," gives students an opportunity to see a poet using slant rhyme. Students should circle or label the words that contain slant rhymes. After this, students will analyze the poem itself in order to understand how the language, including the carefully-chosen slant rhyme words, contribute to the overall meaning of the poem. Download this printable slant rhyme worksheet for elementary school students to keep in your poetry unit files. Check out all of our slant rhyme worksheet PDFs.
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Resource Details

Read through the given poem and then circle the slant rhyme in the verses, identifying where similar but not identical sounds create subtle rhyming effects throughout.

Concept(s) Poetry, Slant Rhyme
CCSS R.4
CCSS Alignment Notes

Aligns with R.4 (interpret words and phrases) having students locate approximate rhymes in poetic text and distinguish them from perfect rhymes.

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