ABCCCB Poetry

ABCCCB poems feature a unique rhyme scheme where the first and last lines rhyme, while the middle lines form a tight triplet. This structure creates a mirrored effect that enhances emotional intensity and lyrical flow, often seen in reflective or melancholic poetry. It’s an uncommon but powerful poetic pattern.

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Ah, Are You Digging On My Grave

by Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy’s ‘Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave?’ is a darkly ironic ballad that explores death, the illusion of eternal remembrance.

The rhyme scheme of this poem is consistently ABCCCB across all six stanzas. This pattern features an alternating rhyme for the first two lines, followed by a strong triple rhyme in the middle, and then concludes with the second line's rhyme. This structure creates a distinct, almost song-like rhythm, contributing to the poem's initial deceptive pleasantness before its ironic revelations. Also, for the first four stanzas, the B rhymes divide end the dialogue of each of the characters in the poem.

"Ah, are you digging on my grave,

My loved one? — planting rue?" —

"No: yesterday he went to wed

One of the brightest wealth has bred..."

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