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What is the rhyme scheme of the poem Sita?

What is the rhyme scheme of the poem Sita?

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  1. This poem “Sita” is composed using an alternative rhyme scheme. The poetess has not used any fixed rhyming pattern in the poem. The first twelve lines of the poem have the ABBA rhyme scheme of ABBA. These lines can also be grouped into three quatrains. In each quatrain, the first and last line and the second and third lines rhyme together. The lines from 12 to 15 are grouped into a quatrain. Here, the rhyme scheme is ABAB. While the rhyme scheme of lines 16-20 is ABBAA. The last two lines of the poem end with a rhyming couplet.

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