What 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 are long wavering bodies

(from "lines written in dejection" by William butler Yeats)

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Ethan Barton

10 October, 19:00

What 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 are long wavering bodies

(from "lines written in dejection" by William butler Yeats)

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Jaylen Stokes · Answer 1

B. Internal rhyme appears when a word in the middle of the line rhymes with a word at the end of the line. In this quote from the raven, the word "lonely" in the middle of the line rhymes with the end word "only".

C is close, but is not completely strict. "eyes" "beside" and "dry" have the same vowel sound and are very rhythmic, but they're not strict rhymes like in the Poe quote.