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Thread #161463 Message #3836827
Posted By: Stanron
05-Feb-17 - 03:53 AM
Thread Name: Strange rhyming structure ABABCCAB
Subject: RE: Strange rhyming structure ABABCCAB
I first thought
Come all you seamen bold = A
And draw near = B
It's of an admiral's fame, = C
O brave Benbow was his name, =C
How he fought all on the main = A
which would give us
ABBABCCABB
I prefer
Come all you seamen bold,
And draw near, and draw near, = A
Come all you seamen bold
And draw near. = A (near as dammit)
It's of an admiral's fame,
O brave Benbow was his name, = B
How he fought all on the main,
You shall hear, you shall hear. = A
or
AABA
much more familiar and also works melodically as well as verbally.