Which rhyme scheme is used in this excerpt from “ballad of birmingham” by dudley randall?   “mother dear, may i go downtown  instead of out to play,and march the streets of birminghamin a freedom march today? ”abcb  abbc  aabbabca

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i think the best answer would be d allowing 30 seconds between response would give time for what was already said to sink down in your mind.

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explanation:

first of all the mood needs to be defined: it is obviously a mood of deceitful relief and serenity. why? because the cape horn is one of the most violent maritime regions of earth and although it has been left behind, it is a personification of ahab’s delirium and the fact that the end of the passage speaks about it about being “hidden” but “raving” immediately conveys the feeling the calm is not permanent but fleeting.

furthermore, the oxymoron “mild stun'sails” is the first instance of such feeling as the adjective “mild” is associated with “stunned” underscoring the fleeting nature of this “tranquil” moment. and the contrasts keep piling up, with the opposition between “dark den” and “blessed light and air” to end with the final conclusion that leaves the reader with the uneasy knowledge that this is just a reprieve.