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Thread #161744 Message #3855638
Posted By: Jackaroodave
17-May-17 - 07:54 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Sweet Nightingale... tune from an opera?
Subject: RE: Origins: Sweet Nightingale... tune from an opera?
Is this rhyme scheme common in traditional ballad quatrains: Lines 2 and 4 rhyme with each other, but 1 and 3 each rhyme internally (and may rhyme with each other)?
It sounds "stagey" to me, but that may be just because my ignorance is vast.