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Read this excerpt from “Paul Revere’s Ride.”

He said to his friend, “If the British march

By land or sea from the town to-night,

Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry-arch

Of the North-Church-tower, as a signal light--

What is the rhyme pattern of these four lines?

ABAB
BBCA
AABB
ABCD

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ABAB is the rhyme scheme
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