In a ballad, the rhyme scheme is usually ABCB but there are many variations. The rhythm comes from how certain words or parts of words are emphasised or stressed on each line.

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The most common ballad rhyme scheme is ABAB, where the first and third lines rhyme with each other, and the second and fourth lines rhyme with each other.

Rhyme scheme and stanza length can be clues to a poem's form. Learn how to identify poetic form with BBC Bitesize KS3 English.

Lines one and four and lines two and three rhyme so it’s another abba rhyme scheme. “Things We Prize” is from Connecting Dots, Poems of My Journey, Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press, 2004.Here are ...

Lines one and four and lines two and three rhyme so it’s another abba rhyme scheme. “Things We Prize” is from Connecting Dots, Poems of My Journey, Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press, 2004.Here are ...