Abab

A poem of 14 lines in iambic pentameter, which follows the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efefgg. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The poem is a Hanukkah sonnet that has 15 lines instead of the usual 14 and an aa bb cc dd ee ff ggg rhyme scheme (instead of, for example, the Shakespearean abab cdcd efef gg). ❋ Unknown (2008)

I guess she thinks that it is abab program,and probably would like to repell it. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Most of the stanzas that follow offer a debased version of the introductory stanzas, usually echoing either the abab quatrain opening or the closing couplet. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The first twelve lines, arranged meaningfully in three four-line units or quatrains rhymed alternately in a pattern of abab, cdcd, efef, follow the course of the sun as it rises, shines brightly in mid-day, and then sets. ❋ Bevington, David (2002)

Three quatrains (rhymed abab cdcd efef) lead on to the final quatrain (gg). ❋ Bevington, David (2002)

_ -- This is in the metre known as _rannaigecht mór_, seven syllables with monosyllabic rhymes, usually _abab_. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

Its metre is _ae freslige_ -- seven-syllable lines in a quatrain, rhyming _abab_: _a_ being trisyllabic, _b_ dissyllabic rhymes. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

The metre of the stanza is _cummasc etir rannaigecht mór ocus leth-rannaigecht_ (seven-syllable and five-syllable lines alternately, with monosyllabic rhymes _abab_). ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

Three lines in the same rhythm as extract 1, but with a different rhyme-scheme; apparently three lines from a quatrain rhyming _abab_. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

These two rime schemes are the original Italian _abba abba cde cde_ and the English _abab cdcd efef gg_. ❋ Paull Franklin Baum (N/A)

The U.S. S.ate Department says al-S.abab is a terrorist organization with links to al-Qaida. ❋ Unknown (2010)