You can work out the rhyme scheme shows you see the pattern of rhymes in the poem. Find out more in this Bitesize Primary KS2 English guide.

Know your options: rhyme schemes, rhyme types. Can you point us to a YouTube performance of a song by any artist with particularly interesting rhyming, and tell us what to listen for?

What are the origins of the nursery rhyme? ‘Hey Diddle Diddle’ is believed to originate from the 1700s, with the lyrics and melody we know today first published by the composer and nursery rhyme ...

Rhyme, once in its prime, is in decline Readers like it. So why do poets eschew rhyme?

Host Debbie Elliott and Chris Roberts dissect the meaning of the nursery rhyme "Little Jack Horner." It's about a real estate swindle in 16th-century England. Roberts is the author of Heavy Words ...

When you dig into the lyrics of "Rock a bye Baby," you might be stunned by what they say. Is there more than meets the eye?

In “Rhyme’s Rooms,” the veteran poet and avowed traditionalist Brad Leithauser explains how verse works, and why we should care.