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Which rhyme scheme is used in this excerpt from "Ballad of Birmingham" by Dudley Randall?

"Mother dear, may I go downtown
Instead of out to play,
And march the streets of Birmingham
In a Freedom March today?"

A. ABCB
B. ABBC
C. AABB
D. ABCA



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Final answer:

The rhyme scheme in "Ballad of Birmingham" by Dudley Randall is ABCB, where the first and third lines rhyme, and the second and fourth lines rhyme with each other.


Explanation:

The rhyme scheme used in the excerpt from "Ballad of Birmingham" by Dudley Randall is ABCB. In a quatrain, the first and third lines typically rhyme, and the second and fourth lines rhyme with each other. Each stanza ends with a variation of the line "I would that I were dead," known as a refrain.


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