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What is the rhyme scheme of the poem I am Vertical?

What is the rhyme scheme of the poem I am Vertical?

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  1. The poetess Sylvia Plath has composed the poem “I am Vertical” using slant rhyme schemes. So, the rhyming couplets do not rhyme fully. In the first four lines “horizontal” does not fully rhyme with “soil”. In the same way “love” does not fully rhyme with “leaf”. These are called slant rhymes.

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