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How is a poem's rhyme scheme marked and identified?
upper or lowercase letters, such as “ABAB”
Roman numerals, such as “I, II, I, II”
Arabic numerals, such as “1212”
punctuation symbols, such as “!?!?”
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Rhyme scheme is marked with letters (usually lowercase, e.g. ABAB or aabb).
You assign A to the sound at the end of the first line; any subsequent line that rhymes with that line is also A. The next new end sound is B, the next new sound C, and so on.
Examples:
- A sonnet with the first four lines rhyming alternately: ABAB
- A couplet: AA
Roman numerals, Arabic numerals, or punctuation are not standard for marking rhyme schemes (consistency is what matters if a teacher or text uses a different convention).
You assign A to the sound at the end of the first line; any subsequent line that rhymes with that line is also A. The next new end sound is B, the next new sound C, and so on.
Examples:
- A sonnet with the first four lines rhyming alternately: ABAB
- A couplet: AA
Roman numerals, Arabic numerals, or punctuation are not standard for marking rhyme schemes (consistency is what matters if a teacher or text uses a different convention).
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