The Lai poem is a nine-line poem or stanza that uses an “a” and “b” rhyme following this pattern: aabaabaab. The lines with an “a” rhyme use 5 syllables; the “b” rhyme lines have 2 syllable.
The line "Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink" in the poem I don't know what love was is from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
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The Lai poem is a nine-line poem or stanza that uses an “a” and “b” rhyme following this pattern: aabaabaab. The lines with an “a” rhyme use 5 syllables; the “b” rhyme lines have 2 syllable.
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