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XSIQ * English - Rhyme scheme Rhyme scheme The poem's rhyme scheme is also very complex. * The opening stanza, for example has the pattern: abaabccdbdb * The long central section has: efeefgghhiijjkcckllmnmnoo * The final section has: pqrrpststuouuuovvo Some of these are half-rhymes (eg WAR/FAR) and there are one or two isolated examples of alliteration outside the nominated groups of lines, but these only serve to emphasise the complexity of the playing with sound that Coleridge attempted in this poem. But what does it mean? Previous | NextView Comments and Reviews >>