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Re: Thoughts on Poetry in General
Posted By: Paul A., on host 206.135.142.18
Date: Monday, January 22, 2001, at 22:41:00
In Reply To: 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