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By Paul Cooksonperformance poet

This rap poem by Paul Cookson is ideal for investigating the use of rhyme and rhythm in poetry, and playing with the syllables and the beat of individual words.

Rap is a genre of music in which rhyming lyrics are used, often with musical accompaniments. It has developed from the West African tradition of delivering stories rhythmically with drums and is now associated with hip hop music, which began in the Bronx in New York in the 1970s.

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Previous exposure to different forms of poetry would be helpful, as would some experience of picking out and labelling rhyme patterns and an understanding of the function of adjectives.

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