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What is the rhyme scheme of the “The Bells,” by Edgar Allan Poe? Click here to access the poem. AAABCBBCDDAAA AAABBCDCCEAAAA AAABBCCDDEAAAA There is no consistent rhyme scheme.

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it is AAABBCDCCEAAAA

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Answer:

AAABCBBCDDAAA

Step-by-step explanation:

Rhyme scheme uses the order of the alphabet to label each rhyming line. The first line receives the letter A. Any line that rhymes with A also receives an A. The last words of the first three lines are "bells", "bells" and "foretells". All of these rhyme with each other so they are labeled A. The next word is "tinkle". This doesn't rhyme with bells, so it is given the next letter of the alphabet, B. This continues through the entire poem. Here it is labeled for the first stanza:

Hear the sledges with the bells— A

Silver bells! A

What a world of merriment their melody foretells! A

How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, B

In the icy air of night! C

While the stars that oversprinkle B

All the heavens, seem to twinkle B

With a crystalline delight; C

Keeping time, time, time, D

In a sort of Runic rhyme, D

To the tintinabulation that so musically wells A

From the bells, bells, bells, bells, A

Bells, bells, bells— A

From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells. A

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