Saturday, September 25, 2004

Enclosed Rhyme

Also called �enclosing rhyme� in poetry, the rhyming pattern abba found in certain quatrains, such as the first verse of Matthew Arnold's �Shakespeare�:Others abide our question. Thou art free.We ask and ask - thou smilest and art still,Out-topping knowledge. For the loftiest hill,Who to the stars uncrowns his majesty,

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