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What is the rhyme scheme of the poem "That Time of Year..."?

1) abab, cdcd, efef, gg
2) abab, cdcd, efef, hh
3) abab, cdcf, efef, gg
4) abab, cdcf, efef, hh

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Final answer:

The rhyme scheme of the poem "That Time of Year..." is ababcdcdefef.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer: As with the Keats poem, the rhyme scheme here is quite complicated. Using the same diagrammatic formula of a letter for each new rhyme sound, we could describe this as 'a b a b c d d ce fe f. You might notice too that indentations at the beginning of each line emphasise lines that rhyme with each other: usually the indentations are alternate, except for lines 6 and 7, which form a couplet in the middle of the stanza.

It is worth telling you too that each of the stanzas ends with a variation of the line "I would that I were dead" (this is known as a refrain) so—as in Christina Rossetti's "Love From the North" a dominant sound or series of sounds throughout helps to control the mood of the poem.

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