Quatrain+Part+Two

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Read from "Love That Dog", by Sharon Creech. Suggested pages: 75 - 86. Poetry Form - __Quatrain__ with a-b-a-b rhyme scheme Definition - A four line poem where the first and third lines rhyme and the second and fourth lines rhyme (every other line rhymes). This is similar to the form we learned on Monday, but with a different rhyme sequence. Example: __Baseball __ The baseball zoomed right by my ear and caused a whooshing sound. It came so close and way too near, and knocked me to the ground.

Wiki Assignment: Write a four line poem about your favorite subject in which every other line rhymes. Date Quatrain Poem a-b-a-b Subject: Title Poem