Rhyme scheme*Types of Rhyme Scheme* There are a number of rhyme schemes used in poetry; some of the most popular of which include: *Alternate rhyme*: It is also known as ABAB rhyme scheme, it rhymes as “ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH.” *Ballade:* It contains three stanzas with the rhyme scheme of “ABABBCBC” followed by “BCBC.” *Monorhyme:* It is a poem in which every line uses the same rhyme scheme. *Couplet:* It contains two-line stanzas with the “AA” rhyme scheme, which often appears as “AA BB CC and DD…” *Triplet:* It often repeats like a couplet, uses rhyme scheme of “AAA.” *Enclosed rhyme:* It uses rhyme scheme of “ABBA” *Terza rima rhyme scheme:* It uses tercets, three lines stanzas. Its interlocking pattern on end words follows: ABA BCB CDC DED and so on. *Keats Odes rhyme scheme:* In his famous odes, Keats has used a specific rhyme scheme, which is “ABABCDECDE.” *Limerick:* A poem uses five lines with a rhyme scheme of “AABBA.” *Villanelle:* A nineteen-line poem consisting of five tercets and a final quatrain. It uses a rhyme scheme of “A1bA2, abA1, abA2, abA1, abA2, abA1A2.”