Select the correct answer.
Which excerpt contains a strict internal rhyme scheme?
A.
Rippling in twelve-winded circles
(from "Ceremony After a Fire Raid" by Dylan Thomas)
B.
But the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only
(from "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe)
C.
The eyes beside had wrung them dry,
(from "Dying" by Emily Dickinson)
D.
Hope is the thing with feathers
(from "Hope" by Emily Dickinson)
E.
The round green eyes and the long wavering bodies
(from "Lines Written in Dejection" by William Butler Yeats)
A. Rippling in twelve-winded circles (from "Ceremony After a Fire Raid" by Dylan Thomas)
The correct answer is B. "But the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only" (from "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe). This excerpt contains a strict internal rhyme scheme, as "only" rhymes with "placid" and "bust."
To determine which excerpt contains a strict internal rhyme scheme, we need to identify if there is a consistent pattern of rhyming within the lines of each excerpt.
A. "Rippling in twelve-winded circles" does not contain a strict internal rhyme scheme.
B. "But the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only" does not contain a strict internal rhyme scheme either.
C. "The eyes beside had wrung them dry" does not contain a strict internal rhyme scheme.
D. "Hope is the thing with feathers" does not have a strict internal rhyme scheme as well.
E. "The round green eyes and the long wavering bodies" does not have a consistent internal rhyme scheme.
Therefore, none of the excerpts provided contain a strict internal rhyme scheme.