Select the correct text in the passage.

Which two lines in this excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" use internal rhyme?

And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting

On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;

And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming,

And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;

And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor

Shall be lifted-nevermore!

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Katie Meyer

5 December, 02:47

Select the correct text in the passage.

Which two lines in this excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" use internal rhyme?

And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting

On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;

And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming,

And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;

And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor

Shall be lifted-nevermore!

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Lillie Mcguire · Answer 1

And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting

And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming,

Coffey · Answer 2

The correct answers are the first line "And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting" and the third line "And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming"

Explanation:

In poetry, the word rhyme refers to the repetition of similar or identical sounds usually in the final syllable of two or more words. In most poems, this repetition is usually seen at the end of verses which is called end rhyme, but rhyme can also occur as internal rhyme in which the repetition of identical or similar sounds occurs in different words of the same verse or lines and not between the words of different lines of verses. This is the case of the first line of the passage presented here or "And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting" considering the sound "-ing" is repeated in the words "flitting" and "sitting" and in the third line or "And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming" in which the repetition is also the sound "-ing" in the words "seeming" and "dreaming".