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Emily Dickinson Wasn T Strict In Her Rhyming
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* Notable end rhyme * You can see that this poem, like most of Dickinson's poems, has an ABCB rhyme scheme. Here, our rhyming pairs are "saw/raw" and "grass/pass." Extra note: Dickinson wasn't strict in her rhyming. Though she did take steps to fit her feelings into the rhyme (she kept a dictionary by her bed, to help her find just the right word), if she couldn't find the rhyme, she came close.

* "Ballad-like" meter * "Ballad-like" implies song-like, and many folks have put Dickinson's words to music. The alternating stressed syllables and the rhyme create a pleasing sound to the reader. Most of Dickinson's poetry presents the same natural rhythm. Here are a couple of lines broken to emphasize
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