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Read the stanza from "The Battle of Blenheim:"

Old Kaspar took it from the boy,
Who stood expectant by;
And then the old man shook his head,
And with a natural sigh,
"'Tis some poor fellow's skull," said he,
"Who fell in the great victory.

What is the rhyme scheme in this stanza?


ABBCDD


ABCDBB


AABCDD


ABCBDD

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Step-by-step explanation:

The poet has followed the rhyming scheme abcbdd in all the stanzas except the second one. So the last one on your list.

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