Rhyme Scheme
Ø Alternate
rhyme: It is also known as 'abab' rhyme scheme, it rhymes as “abab cdcd efef
ghgh.”
Ø Ballade: It contains
three stanzas with the rhyme scheme of “ababbcbc” followed by “bcbc.”
Ø Monorhyme: It is a
poem in which every line uses the same rhyme scheme.
Ø Couplet: It contains
two-line stanzas with the “aa” rhyme scheme, which often appears as “aa bb cc
and dd…”
Ø Triplet: It often
repeats like a couplet, uses rhyme scheme of “aaa.”
Ø Enclosed
rhyme: It uses rhyme scheme of “abba”
Ø Terza rima
rhyme scheme: It uses tercets, three lines stanzas. Its
interlocking pattern on end words follows: abba bcb cdc ded and so on.
Ø Keats Odes
rhyme scheme: In his famous odes, Keats has used a specific rhyme
scheme, which is “ababcdecde.”
Ø Limerick : A poem uses
five lines with a rhyme scheme of “aabba.”
If you accept counsel
without getting sore |
g |
Andre-assess yourself in the
light thereof |
h |
If you pledge not to be
obstinate any more |
g |
And meet others without any
frown or scoff. |
h |
You may be the person I am
looking for. |
i |
If you have the will to live
and courage to die |
j |
You are a beacon-light for
people far and wide |
k |
If you ignore the jeers and,
thus, expose the lie |
j |
‘That virtue and success do
not go side by side.’ |
k |
You are the person I am
looking
for. |
L |
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eyes
- lies
|
a
|
others
- bothers
|
b
|
2 comments:
Very nicely explained.
Tx Sir
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