ABCBBB Poetry

ABCBBB is a six-line rhyme scheme where the final three lines all rhyme. The first three lines vary, building tension or contrast, while the repeated B rhyme unifies the ending. This structure suits poems aiming for emphasis or emotional climax, often enhancing closure, repetition, or lyrical impact.

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The Raven

by Edgar Allan Poe

‘The Raven’ by Edgar Allan Poe presents an eerie raven who incessantly knocks over the speaker’s door and says only one word – “Nevermore.”

Poe’s The Raven uses an internal rhyme structure with trochaic octameter, but its brilliance lies in the rhyme scheme: ABCBBB. The heavy repetition of “-ore” sounds (e.g., door, more, Lenore) crafts a hypnotic, claustrophobic atmosphere, reinforcing the speaker’s descent into obsession and despair through echo and recurrence.

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,

Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—

While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,

As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.

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Home Thoughts From Abroad

by Robert Browning

In ‘Home Thoughts From Abroad,’ Robert Browning expresses a traveler’s deep longing for England, reflecting his personal sentiment and love for nature.

The rhyme scheme of this poem follows a loose pattern, especially in the first stanza, where the sounds build toward a repeating set of B rhymes. It starts off with different-sounding lines, but then the last few lines rhyme with each other. This creates a soft, musical effect, especially near the end of each stanza. The ABCBBB pattern gives the poem a feeling of closeness and warmth, which fits the speaker’s emotional tone and longing for home.

Oh, to be in England

Now that April's there,

And whoever wakes in England

Sees, some morning, unaware,

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