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Question
Read the poem again. Does it have a uniform rhyme scheme throughout?
Write down the rhyme scheme of every stanza separately.
- 1st stanza ______
- 2nd stanza ______
- 3rd stanza ______
- 4th stanza ______.
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Solution
The poem has a regular rhyme scheme throughout.
- 1st stanza - abaab
- 2nd stanza - abaab
- 3rd stanza - abaab
- 4th stanza - abaab.
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