Read these lines from philip freneau's the "indian burying ground" and answer the question. in spite of all the learned have said, i still my old opinion keep; the posture that we give the dead, points out the soul's eternal sleep. not so the ancients of these lands— the indian, when from life released, again is seated with his friends, and shares again the joyous feast. his imaged birds, and painted bowl, and venison, for a journey dressed, bespeak the nature of the soul, activity, that knows no rest. the rhyme scheme of these lines is aabb ccdd eeff abab cdcd efef abba cddc effe abab abab abab

The Indian Burying Ground is a romantic poem by Philip Morin Freneau that imaginatively analyzes the Native American’s rite of burying the dead in a standing (active) posture as a meaningful act that symbolizes the continued existence of their spirit and influence among the living. The speaker is at one of the burying grounds of the native tribes, thinking over the Indian rite of burying the dead in an upright position.

Explanation:

ABAB/CDCD/EDED

Explanation:

The structure of the sonnet is actually important. It's made of quartets (in this case 10) which at the same time are made of 4 lines, that have a rhyme pattern. The correct pattern, starting from the end of the first phrase is ABAB, in the first quartet. The firs line ends with "Said" (A) that will then rhyme with "Dead" (A) but in the third line, the same happens with B (Keep/sleep). This same structure can be seen in the second and third quartet, because that's the excerpt in analysis. Nevertheless, there's a change of that structure for the fourth quartet, where the D (Rest/bent) from the third quartet is kept and the author only includes a new ending for the second and fourth lines.

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