Miss Hasler's English Class: 6

Hello again, class! Did you all enjoy the poem I wrote the other day? I hope so. Can anyone guess what today’s lesson is all about? No, Andrea... it isn’t about chocolate. It’s about poetry! Timmy, don’t make that face.

Poetry is a lot like music. It has rhythm, just like music: when you read poetry out loud you can hear the rhythm. Listen as I read a line out loud from a poem you all know.

Mary had a little lamb.

Can you hear the rhythm? Ma-ry had-a litt-le lamb.

Rhythm in poetry has a special n...