1. Read the following lines from the poem “The Destruction of Sennacherib” by Lord Byron.
The Assyr came down like a wolf on the fold,
And his cohorts gleaming in purple and gold.
And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea,
When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Gailiee.
What is the rhyme scheme of the above lines?
A. abab
B. aabb
C. aabc
D. abaa
Help?
fold
gold
sea
Galilee
Read them aloud. What pattern do you hear?
Oh, hmm.... I think it would be aabc
Yes I did. I think its aabc because fold and gold rhyme together and sea and Galileee rhyme differently
Sea and Galilee rhyme with an "eeee" sound at the end of each of these words.
Yes, aabb is right.
Thank you
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