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What is the rhyme scheme of the excerpt from "The Wreck of the Hesperus"? Colder and colder blew the wind, A gale from the northeast; The snow fell hissing in the brine, And the billow frothed like yeast. A. ABBB B. ACBC C. ABAB D. ABCB

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The rhyme scheme of this poem is ABCB.
A: wind. B: northeast. C: brine. B: yeast.
Only the second and the last line rhyme.
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