Re: Thoughts on Poetry in General
Paul A., on host 206.135.142.18
Monday, January 22, 2001, at 22:41:00
Re: Thoughts on Poetry in General posted by eric sleator on Sunday, January 21, 2001, at 23:37:47:
> I've always found Poe's rhyme schemes to be really interesting. > The Raven, for instance, goes like this: -snip-
Another interesting rhyme scheme is in Dante's 'Divine Comedy', where each chapter goes like this:
A B A
B C B
C D C
D E D
E F E
F G F
G H G
H I H
I J I
J K J
K L K
L M L
M N M
N O N
O P O
P Q P
Q R Q
R S R
S T S
T U T
U V U
V W V
W X W
X Y X
Y Z Y
...or something like that.
Paul
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