Answer:
The rhyme scheme of the first stanza of “The Raven” is abcbbb.
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, a
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—b
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, c
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. b
“’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door— b
Only this and nothing more.” b
The first three lines have different end sounds and are marked with the letters a, b, and c. Lines four, five, and six of the stanza rhyme with the second line. Therefore, these lines are all marked with the letter b. The rhyme scheme of the stanza is abcbbb.
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