JAMB - Literature In English (1978 - No. 13)
You cannot know
And should not bother;
Tide and market come and go
And so shall your mother.
In this verse the poet uses
And should not bother;
Tide and market come and go
And so shall your mother.
In this verse the poet uses
alternate rhymes
monorhyme
couplets
triplets
blank verses
Explanation
The rhyme scheme in the verse is:
You cannot know (A)
And should not bother; (B)
Tide and market come and go (A)
And so shall your mother. (B)
This follows an ABAB pattern, which is known as alternate rhyme.
A monorhyme means all lines end with the same rhyme (AAAA). Couplets consist of rhyming pairs (AABB, etc.). A triplet consists of three lines that rhyme together (AAA, BBB). A blank verse consists of unrhymed lines, usually in iambic pentameter.
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