Question

select the correct answer. which excerpt contains a strict internal rhyme scheme? a. rippling in twelve - winded circles (from \ceremony after a fire raid\ by dylan thomas) b. but the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only (from \the raven\ by edgar allen poe) c. the eyes beside had wrung them dry, (from \dying\ by emily dickinson) d. hope is the thing with feathers (from \hope\ by emily dickinson) e. the round green eyes and the long wavering bodies (from \lines written in dejection\ by william butler yeats)

Explanation:

Internal rhyme is a rhyme between a word within a line and another word either at the end of the same line or within another line. In option B, "lonely" and "only" are an internal - rhyme pair within the line.

Answer:

B. But the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only (from "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe)