Download Practice with Rhyme Scheme: Once upon a midnight dreary, while I

Heart of Darkness and Duality of Man Inspired Poem (RL8.4)
Heart of Darkness Unit
Task: Now that we have read a plethora of stories and poems from our Heart of Darkness and Duality of Man
unit, your task is to write a poem that maintains one of the themes discussed throughout our unit and evidenced
in a short story or poem that we have read.
Requirements: Your poem must include the following components:
 A Rhyme Scheme
 A Minimum of THREE Allusions (allusions to mythology, lines from poems or stories that you have read, etc.;
must be cited so do your research!)
 Examples of Figurative Language (Similes, Metaphors, Onomatopoeia, Personification, Hyperbole, etc.)
 Strong and Consistent Word Choice (maintain a particular tone through your word choice)
 Repetition of a Word, Line, or Phrase (Motifs)
 Minimum of 25 Lines (perhaps use stanzas)
 Maintains a Consistent Theme throughout the poem
Challenge yourself and have fun, while being creative with this assignment. And be sure to cite those allusions.
Perhaps consider writing an allegorical poem (think of our Allegory discussion with the Masque of the Red Death) 
List of Themes from Unit:
List of Allusions from Unit:
Rubric:
Rhyme Scheme
Three Allusions (Minimum and Cited)
Examples of Figurative Language
Strong and Consistent Word Choice
Repetition of a Word, Line, or Phrase
Minimum of 25 Lines
Maintains a Consistent Theme
Spelling, Grammar, Punctuation
Total Points: 75
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15 Points
10 Points
Practice with Rhyme Scheme:
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore-While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
"Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door-Only this and nothing more."
What is “near rhyme”?