At the end of Act I, Scene II, Cassius plans to convince Brutus to join a group of conspirators. Brutus is essential for the murder plan, because Caesar trusts him, as opposed to Cassius.

Cassius thus devises a plan to write letters and throw them at Brutus's window. The letters are intended to discredit Caesar. Cassius wants Brutus to believe that those letters come from Roman citizens, which will make him change his opinion about Caesar and participate in the murder plot.

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To examine the rhythm in Annabelle lee a reader should note

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It has ABAB rhyme scheme

Explanation:

The poem 'Annabelle lee' is a ballad, a narrative poem that was designed for recitation or singing. The poem has six stanzas, each having six to eight lines.

In the first stanza, which has six lines, the first four lines use traditional ballad stanza form. In the ABAB rhyme scheme, Lines 1 and 3 have four metrical feet, and Lines 2 and 4 have three feet.

The poem uses a first-person speaker who is a heartbroken man. Stanza 5 has a different structure, with an additional extra three-foot line; altering the rhythm draws the reader’s attention. The rhyme and rhythm contribute to the overall imagery of a story set “by the sea.” The short lines rhyme with “sea,” ending with a long e, such as “Lee” and “me”;

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