Question

Which excerpt contains a strict internal rhyme scheme? A. Rippling in twelve-winded circles (from "Ceremony After a Fire Raid" by Dylan Thomas) B. But the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only (from "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe) C. The eyes beside had wrung them dry, (from "Dying" by Emily Dickinson) D. Hope is the thing with feathers (from "Hope" by Emily Dickinson) E. The round green eyes and the long wavering bodies (from "Lines Written in Dejection" by William Butler Yeats)

Answer 1

Answer:

B. But the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only (from "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe)

Explanation:

A rhyme is the combination of words that sound alike between words or at the ending, usually used in poetry.

Internal rhyme therefore is a type of rhyme that occurs when two words rhyme in the same line.

Option B is correct because the words "lonely" and "only" Rhymes and they also have the same rhythm and number of syllables.

Therefore, option B has a strict internal rhyme scheme and is correct.