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What is the rhyme scheme of “The Raven”?

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Master of the macabre — Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe.

The rhyme scheme of Edgar Allan Poe’s famous poem “The Raven” is abcbbb.1

This complex structure is applied across 18 six-line stanzas. The b rhymes are particularly significant, as they consistently rhyme with or are the words "Lenore" and "Nevermore," which helps to heighten the poem's melancholy and hypnotic atmosphere.1