what is the rhyme scheme of the poem IF by Rudyard Kipling ?
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Rhyme scheme: a-b-a-b-c-d-c-d
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The first verse might be confusing since the first four lines all rhyme,
but examining the second verse (for example)
If you can dream—and not make dreams your
master
;
XX
If you can think—and not make thoughts your
aim
;
If you can meet with Triumph and
Disaster
XX
And treat those two impostors just the
same
;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve
spoken
XX
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for
fools
,
Or watch the things you gave your life to,
broken
,
XX
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out
tools
:
but examining the second verse (for example)
If you can dream—and not make dreams your
master
;
XX
If you can think—and not make thoughts your
aim
;
If you can meet with Triumph and
Disaster
XX
And treat those two impostors just the
same
;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve
spoken
XX
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for
fools
,
Or watch the things you gave your life to,
broken
,
XX
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out
tools
:
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The rhyme scheme of the poem IF by Rudyard Kipling is a-b-a-b-c-d-c-d.
Examining the rhyme and the meter, one can see that it is written in iambic pentameter, that is usually made use of by William Shakespeare.
The only altering variation to it is in its first four lines as all of them rhyme with each other but from there on the rhyme scheme is more or less constant with a-b-a-b-c-d-a-b.
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