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what type of rhyme is used in this excerpt from william butler yeats’s poem \the municipal gallery revisited\?
my mediaeval knees lack health until they bend,
but in that woman, in that household where
honour had lived so long, all lacking found.
childless i thought, \my children may find here
deep - rooted things,\ but never foresaw its end.
and now that end has come i have not wept;
no fox can foul the lair the badger swept —
a. strict rhyme
b. internal rhyme
c. double rhyme
d. slant rhyme
To determine the rhyme type, we analyze the rhyming words: "bend" and "where" don't rhyme strictly, "here" and "end" have similar vowel sounds but not identical, "wept" and "swept" are close. Internal rhyme occurs within a line or between lines, but here the rhymes like "where - here", "end - wept - swept" are slant (near) rhymes? Wait, no—wait, the options: Strict rhyme is exact (e.g., "cat" and "hat"). Internal rhyme is within a line. Double rhyme is two - syllable. Slant rhyme is approximate. Wait, looking at the lines: "bend" (end) and "where" (here)? No, wait the underlined words: "where" (line 2), "here" (line 4), "end" (line 5), "wept" (line 6), "swept" (line 7). Wait, "where" and "here" have the same vowel sound and similar consonant endings? No, "where" is /weər/ (or /wer/), "here" is /hɪər/ (or /hɪr/). Wait, maybe slant rhyme? No, wait the correct answer for Yeats' poem here—wait, the rhymes: "bend" and "where" no, "found" (from "all lacking found")? Wait no, the excerpt: "My mediaeval knees lack health until they bend, But in that woman, in that household where Honour had lived so long, all lacking found. Childless I thought, 'My children may find here Deep - rooted things, but never foresaw its end. And now that end has come I have not wept; No fox can foul the lair the badger swept—" Wait, the rhyming pairs: "bend" (end) and "where" (here)? No, "where" (line 2), "here" (line 4): "where" /weə(r)/, "here" /hɪə(r)/—similar vowel, different consonant start. "end" (line 5) and "wept" (line 6)? No, "wept" /wept/, "swept" /swept/—those are slant? Wait no, "wept" and "swept" are near rhymes (slant), but also "where" and "here"—wait, maybe internal rhyme? No, internal is within a line. Wait the options: B is internal rhyme? No, wait the correct answer is B? No, wait let's recall: Internal rhyme is when a word in the middle of a line rhymes with a word at the end of the same or another line. Wait in the lines: "But in that woman, in that household where" (where is middle? No, end of line 2), "Honour had lived so long, all lacking found" (end of line 3), "Childless I thought, 'My children may find here" (end of line 4), "Deep - rooted things, but never foresaw its end" (end of line 5), "And now that end has come I have not wept" (end of line 6), "No fox can foul the lair the badger swept—" (end of line 7). Wait, "where" (line 2) and "here" (line 4): same line? No, line 2 and line 4. "end" (line 5) and "wept" (line 6)? No, "wept" (line 6) and "swept" (line 7): those are slant. But the options: B is internal rhyme. Wait, maybe I made a mistake. Wait, internal rhyme is when a word inside a line rhymes with a word at the end of the line or another line. For example, in a line like "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary"—"dreary" and "weary" are internal? No, "dreary" is end, "weary" is end? No, "midnight dreary" and "weak and weary"—"dreary" and "weary" rhyme. Wait, in the given excerpt, "where" (line 2) and "here" (line 4): "where" is at the end of line 2, "here" at the end of line 4. "end" (line 5) and "wept" (line 6)? No, "wept" (line 6) and "swept" (line 7). Wait, maybe the answer is B: internal rhyme? Wait no, let's check definitions. Internal rhyme: rhyme within a single line or between a word in one line and a word in another line (not just end - of - line). Wait, the lines: "But in that woman, in that household where" (where) and "Childless I thought, 'My children may find here" (here)—"where" and "here" rhyme (near rhyme, slant? But the option B is internal rhyme. Wait, maybe the correct answer is B. Wa…
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B. internal rhyme