Rhyme Scheme - Old Ironsides

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Maria
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Rhyme Scheme - Old Ironsides Feb 9, 2006 14:45:46 GMT -5

Post by Maria on Feb 9, 2006 14:45:46 GMT -5

Hi.

Please, what is the rhyme scheme for "Old Ironsides"? I don't know how to mark lines with no end rhyme. I was going to use an X and therefore came up with this pattern:
ABXBACXC
ABABXCXC
XBXBXCXC
I thought 'down' and 'shout' from the first stanza were a close rhyme since they have the same vowel sound.
What is your critique?
Thanks!

Carolyn
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Rhyme Scheme - Old Ironsides Feb 9, 2006 16:04:55 GMT -5

Post by Carolyn on Feb 9, 2006 16:04:55 GMT -5

Each sound at the end of a line gets the next available letter (unless it rhymes with a previously 'assigned' letter), so I'd come up with ABCBDEFE for the first stanza - not being so charitable with 'down' and 'shout.'

Second stanza - ABAB CDED (tread and pluck? Maybe. 5 letters, same consonant vowel patterns)
Third - ABCB DEFE.

Carolyn