Name: ___________________________ Robert Louis Stevenson’s Poetry: Rhyming Words M any poems have words at the end of the line that rhyke. The rhyming words make the poem sound more pleasant. They also make a pattern in the poem. Robert Louis Stevenson was an author and a poet. Below is a poem from his poetry collection A Child’s Garden of Verses. There are twelve lines in the poem. Write the last word of each line in the first blank. If there is a word at the end of another line that rhymes with the word in the first blank, write it in the second blank. 1. _ _________________ __________________ 2._ _________________ __________________ 3._ _________________ __________________ 4._ _________________ __________________ 5._ _________________ __________________ The Swing 6._ _________________ __________________ How do you like to go up in a swing, Up in the air so blue? 7._ _________________ __________________ Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing Ever a child can do! 8._ _________________ __________________ Up in the air and over the wall, 9._ _________________ __________________ Till I can see so wide, Rivers and trees and cattle and all Over the countryside— Till I look down on the garden green, Down on the roof so brown— Up in the air I go flying again, 10.__________________ __________________ 11.__________________ __________________ 12.__________________ __________________ Up in the air and down! Copyright © 2014 K12reader.com. All Rights Reserved. Free for educational use at home or in classrooms. Key Name: ___________________________ Robert Louis Stevenson’s Poetry: Rhyming Words M any poems have words at the end of the line that rhyke. The rhyming words make the poem sound more pleasant. They also make a pattern in the poem. Robert Louis Stevenson was an author and a poet. Below is a poem from his poetry collection A Child’s Garden of Verses. There are twelve lines in the poem. Write the last word of each line in the first blank. If there is a word at the end of another line that rhymes with the word in the first blank, write it in the second blank. swing thing 1. __________________ __________________ blue do 2.__________________ __________________ thing swing 3.__________________ __________________ do blue 4.__________________ __________________ wall all 5.__________________ __________________ The Swing How do you like to go up in a swing, Up in the air so blue? Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing wide countryside 6.__________________ __________________ all wall 7.__________________ __________________ Ever a child can do! countryside __________________ wide 8.__________________ Up in the air and over the wall, green again __optional: ________________ 9.__________________ Till I can see so wide, Rivers and trees and cattle and all Over the countryside— Till I look down on the garden green, Down on the roof so brown— Up in the air I go flying again, brown down 10.__________________ __________________ again green 11.__________________ __optional: ________________ down brown 12.__________________ __________________ Up in the air and down! Copyright © 2014 K12reader.com. All Rights Reserved. Free for educational use at home or in classrooms.