You can work out the rhyme scheme of a poem by labelling the words that rhyme with each other. It will help you see the pattern of the poem. For example, if a poem's first and third lines rhyme ...

Rhyme works like that too. A “perfect rhyme,” cat/hat, is fully resolved, like putting the root on the bottom. It stops motion fully and slams the gate shut.

You can work out the rhyme scheme shows you see the pattern of rhymes in the poem. Find out more in this Bitesize Primary 1st level English and literacy guide.