= Partner SiteEnd Rhyme Examples and Activities
What is an end rhyme? End rhyme is when two words at the end of separate verses rhyme. In particular, the final syllable of each of those two words is what makes those verses rhyme. Some people also refer to end rhymes as “tail rhymes.”
It’s important to note that end rhymes do not need to occur in consecutive lines. This means those lines do not need to be placed exactly one after the other.
When we encounter poetry, even in lyric form, it’s true that writers implement end rhymes quite frequently. End rhymes provide a beat and rhythm to a poem that makes poetry unique.
Using end rhyme effectively is an important part of understanding syllables and sounds. As learners integrate end rhymes in original poetry, they will have to use critical and creative thinking skills in order to determine which words rhyme best.
Printable End Rhyme Worksheets
Analyze End Rhymes: "The Swing" Worksheet
In this printable end rhyme worksheet, students will read the poem and circle the end rhymes. Then, they will write a few sentences about the meaning of the poem.
Analyzing End Rhymes in "Knight in Armour"
Students will read the poem and circle the end rhymes. Then, they will describe the meaning of the poem in complete sentences.
Color the End Rhyme Pictures Activity
Students will practice end rhyme by coloring the pictures in each row that rhyme.
End Rhyme Anchor Chart
A colorful classroom poster explaining end rhyme—when words at the end of lines rhyme—featuring examples from "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "Humpty Dumpty."
End Rhyme Matching Activity
Students will read the word lists and match the rhyming words.
End Rhyme Coloring Activity
In this coloring activity, students will choose read the name of each picture. Then, they will color the pictures in each row that rhyme.
Kingdom of Crystal End Rhyme Poetry
Read the poem Kingdom of Crystal and underline all words that create end rhyme, then list the rhyming words from each stanza on the lines provided.
Mapping the Skies End Rhyme Poetry Worksheet
Read Mapping the Skies and underline each end rhyme word, analyzing how the rhyme scheme creates pattern and rhythm throughout the poem's structure.
Practice End Rhyme in Poetry Worksheet
Students will read each given line and write an original second line that rhymes with the first.
Practicing End Rhyme Words Activity
In this printable activity, students will read the list of words and write three words that rhyme with the given word on the provided lines. Then, they will write a six-verse stanza using end rhyme.
What is End Rhyme? Printable Activity
Read the poem excerpt and answer questions about end rhyme, including identifying rhyme words and explaining how end rhyme functions in poetry structure.
Using End Rhyme Poetry Worksheet
Read the excerpt from Pink Dominoes by Rudyard Kipling, then circle the words that create internal rhyme patterns throughout the verse in this activity worksheet.
End Rhyme Examples
To review end rhyme, let’s take a look at a few different poems from a variety of authors. We’ll look at one stanza at a time.
In Emily Dickson’s “I Am Nobody. Who are You?,” the first two verses conclude in words that rhyme, “you” and “too.”
I’m nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there’s a pair of us — don’t tell!
They’d banish us, you know.
In “Old Dog,” two verses in the first stanza also rhyme, although those verses do not appear exactly one after the other, “true” and “you.”
With great big brown eyes
And a heart pure and true,
She wagged her long tail,
While she looked at you.
In “The Seagull,” there are a total of four lines and two sets of end rhymes: “shore” and “roar” as well as “white” and “flight.”
The seagull lives along the shore
And flies above the ocean’s roar.
His body gleams in gray and white
Against the sky when he takes flight.
End rhymes appear frequently in poetry. In order to implement them into original poetry, a learner should be prepared to brainstorm a list of words and choose which words fit and rhyme together the best.
Building one’s vocabulary is an important part of building one’s skills to implement end rhymes!
