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 Alternate rhyme: It is also known as ABAB rhyme scheme, it rhymes as “ABAB CDCD
EFEF GHGH.”
 Monorhyme: It is a poem in which every line uses the same rhyme scheme.
 Couplet: It contains two-line stanzas with the “AA” rhyme scheme, which often appears
as “AA BB CC and DD…”
 Triplet: It often repeats like a couplet, uses rhyme scheme of “AAA.”
 Enclosed rhyme: It uses rhyme scheme of “ABBA”

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Short Examples of Rhyme Scheme

1. The sun is shining bright
This is a lovely sight.
2. You are like a day of May
And I as worthless as hay.
3. This is poor Mr. Potter
Walking a road with his daughter.
4. Sometimes, your unspoken word
Is more important than that heard.
5. Little boy wants to eat cakes
Whenever he from sleep awakes.
6. I saw a tree that to God doth say
I want the Lord to accept my pray.
7. I think I can never see
Something as free as a sea.
8. After so many days of drought down poured the rain
It took so long is if came from Spain.
9. The green garden lets its shade fall
Over the red old school hall.
10. There flows the river
That’s amongst the greatest giver.

Examples of Rhyming Scheme in Literature

Let us take a few examples of most widely used rhyme schemes in literature:

Example #1: Neither Out Far nor in Deep (By Robert Frost)

The people along the sand (A)
All turn and look one way. (B)
They turn their back on the land. (A)
They look at the sea all day. (B)