Question

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4. Write the rhyme scheme of the given poem.
Fame is a food that dead men eat.
I have no stomach for such meat
In little light and narrow room,
They eat in the silent tomb.​

Answer 1

Answer:

a-a-b-c

Explanation:

first two lines' last word are same so they are a-a and third line and fourth line are different so they are b-c

Answer 2

Answer:

Fame is a food that dead men eat, I have no stomach for such meat. ... They eat in the silent tomb. With no kind voice of comrade near To bid the feaster be of cheer.

Explanation:

In first stanza, poet talks about fame. He says that fame is a food that dead men eat. The meaning of this is that people value person after death. ... In last part of life when death comes, man recalls memory of friend. It was better part of life and his friend makes funeral of his faults.