The overall rhyme scheme of this poem is ‘abab’, yet some stanzas, particularly the opening lines, more closely reflect the ‘abcb’ pattern that is common in ballads. The first and tenth stanza have the rhyme scheme ‘abcb’, whereas the last stanza has the rhyme scheme ‘abccb’. We are seven SumRead more
The overall rhyme scheme of this poem is ‘abab’, yet some stanzas, particularly the opening lines, more closely reflect the ‘abcb’ pattern that is common in ballads. The first and tenth stanza have the rhyme scheme ‘abcb’, whereas the last stanza has the rhyme scheme ‘abccb’.
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The poet reminisces his golden days that the cuckoo’s admirable singing elicits. To The Cuckoo Summary
The poet reminisces his golden days that the cuckoo’s admirable singing elicits.
To The Cuckoo Summary
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