... take several forms (CDECDE and CDCDCD being the most popular). The English sonnet, in contrast, has a rhyme scheme of ABABCDCD EFEFGG (the final two, rhyming lines are known as a heroic couplet, bee-tee-dubs). Now, we're telling you all this stuff about rhymes because Brooke's poem combines elements of both ... the proof! Oh, sorry about that. We got carried away there for a sec. Here's some proof for you: First up, we have alliteration, the repeated beginning sounds of words, going off all over the place here. In lines 2 and 3, we have the repeated F sound: "foreign field" and "foreve...

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