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Contoh Soal Bhs Inggris Sem 2
Contoh Soal Bhs Inggris Sem 2
The poem is written in strict iambic pentameter, with 14 lines like a sonnet, and with a terza
rima rhyme scheme, which follows the complex pattern, aba bcb cdc dad aa. Terza rima
("third rhyme") was invented by the Italian poet Dante Alighieri for his epic poem The Divine
Comedy. Because Italian is a language in which many words have vowel endings, terza rima
is much less difficult to write in Italian than it is in English. Because of its difficulty, very
few writers in English have attempted the form. However, Frost was a master of many forms,
and "Acquainted With The Night" is one of the most famous examples of an American poem
written in terza rima.