rhyming word,“ beat”, I will mark with B, as it rhymes with“ street”, and the final rhyming word I would mark with A, as“ hand” rhymes with“ stand”. In total, there are two different rhyming sounds in the quatrain( the A rhyme consists of words ending with“-and” while the B rhyme consists of words ending with an“ e” sound followed by a“ t”) and the rhyme scheme for the stanza would be written as ABBA – symmetrical and neat.
To a Skylark, Stanza 1 Hail to thee, blithe spirit!
Bird thou never wert— That from heaven or near it Pourest thy full heart
In profuse strains of unpremeditated art.
Rhyme Scheme
A B A B B
In contrast, the rhyme scheme of Shelley’ s cinquain is ABABB:“ Spirit” rhymes with“ it”, forming the A rhyme, while“ wert”,“ heart”, and“ art” all end with an“-rt”, forming the B rhyme. In the first four lines, we see an ordered pattern of alternating rhyme: ABAB. However, this pattern is disrupted in the 5th line. Instead of continuing the established pattern of alternating rhyme by having another A rhyme, Line 5 ends with a B rhyme. As a
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