Poetry Friday is hosted today by Live Your Poem.
For Poetry Friday -- "R is for rhyme: a poetry alphabet" written
by Judy Young and illustrated by Victor Juhasz
The title leaves no doubt as to what
will be found between the covers. Young's work measures up to the challenge that
begins with "A is for Acrostic" and delivers extra content as
well. Each poem is accompanied by a sidebar
that adds interesting facts and additional depth, poses questions to be
pondered, and supplies topics for discussion. "B is for ballads" offers
up a history of this form, cites Longfellow's "The Village Blacksmith and includes
a discussion of meter. "D is for doublet" demonstrates how the form
is built on a word ladder. E is for end
rhyme" provides examples of rhyming patterns and so on.
Juhasz indulges his well-documented talent for
caricatures
in the bold illustrations.
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