LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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What is the rhyme scheme for the poem “Dreams”? Hold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly.
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AABB
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ABAB
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ABCB
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -"Dreams” also follows a simple rhyme scheme: ABCB DEFE. The second and fourth lines of each quatrain rhyme.
Detailed explanation-2: -Dreams by Langston Hughes | Poetry Foundation.
Detailed explanation-3: -The rhyme scheme of the poem IF by Rudyard Kipling is a-b-a-b-c-d-c-d. Examining the rhyme and the meter, one can see that it is written in iambic pentameter, that is usually made use of by William Shakespeare.
Detailed explanation-4: -"Dreams” consists of two quatrains (four-line stanzas). The combination of short quatrains and ABCB rhyme scheme are reminiscent of the ballad form.
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