What is the rhyme scheme of the poem A Wounded Deer Leaps Highest?
What is the rhyme scheme of the poem A Wounded Deer Leaps Highest?
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The poet has used a regular rhyme scheme throughout the poem. The rhyme scheme of the poem is ABCB.
A wounded deer – leaps highest
I’ve heard the hunter tell;
‘Tis but the ecstasy of death,
And then the brake is still.
The poet Dickinson uses slant rhymes in the poem. Though the second and fourth lines rhyme with each.They cannot be considered as perfect rhymes.
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