4. Read this poem paying close attention to its use of rhyming words. Shell Swap Empty, a shell washes onto the shore One creature glimpses it, then a few more. Each of the hermit crabs scrambles to see whose fine new residence this shell will be. They line up in order according to size to see who deserves this most coveted prize. Then all of the sudden it's time for the swap as each crab trades up for a roomier top Houses on backs they now scramble to hide the smallest shell left to be claimed by the tide. Carolyn Leiloglou Write out the poem's rhyme scheme, using letters to represent the rhymes.(Start with A.)

## Step 1<br />The first step in identifying the rhyme scheme of a poem is to read the poem and pay attention to the end sounds of each line. The end sounds of each line are what create the rhyme scheme.<br /><br />## Step 2<br />Next, we assign a letter to each unique end sound. The first line of the poem ends with the sound "shore", which we assign the letter "A". <br /><br />## Step 3<br />The second line ends with the sound "more", which is different from "shore", so we assign it the next letter in the alphabet, "B".<br /><br />## Step 4<br />The third line ends with the sound "see", which is the same as "shore", so we assign it the same letter "A".<br /><br />## Step 5<br />The fourth line ends with the sound "be", which is different from "shore", "more", and "see", so we assign it the next letter "C".<br /><br />## Step 6<br />The fifth line ends with the sound "size", which is different from "shore", "more", "see", and "be", so we assign it the next letter "D".<br /><br />## Step 7<br />The sixth line ends with the sound "prize", which is different from "shore", "more", "see", "be", and "size", so we assign it the next letter "E".<br /><br />## Step 8<br />The seventh line ends with the sound "sudden", which is different from "shore", "more", "see", "be", "size", and "prize", so we assign it the next letter "F".<br /><br />## Step 9<br />The eighth line ends with the sound "top", which is different from "shore", "more", "see", "be", "size", "prize", and "sudden", so we assign it the next letter "G".<br /><br />## Step 10<br />The ninth line ends with the sound "hide", which is different from "shore", "more", "see", "be", "size", "prize", "sudden", and "top", so we assign it the next letter "H".<br /><br />## Step 11<br />The tenth line ends with the sound "claimed", which is different from "shore", "more", "see", "be", "size", "prize", "sudden", "top", and "hide", so we assign it the next letter "I".