Absalom and Achitophel

What can you say about the form of Absalom and Achitophel?

What can you say about the form of Absalom and Achitophel?

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The poem is composed in iambic pentameter, where there are five iambs (an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable) per line. "Absalom and Achitophel" is written in heroic couplet – iambic pentameter where pairs of lines form a rhyme. There is an AABB rhyming scheme, such as “begin”/ “sin” and “kind”/ “confined” (lines 1 – 4).

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