I have this dog (a)
Along with with ten others (b)
and now I want a frog (a)
but they don't have mothers (b)
An example of a ballad with an AB-CD rhyme scheme is "Tam Lin," a traditional Scottish ballad. Each stanza in this ballad follows the AB-CD rhyme scheme where the second and fourth lines rhyme with each other.
ab ab cd cd
The rhyme scheme of Astrophel and Stella Sonnet 31 is ABABABCC.
The name for this pattern of four lines with an ab-ab rhyme scheme in each stanza is a quatrain.
Aa
ABAB describes the rhyme scheme: the first and third lines rhyme, and the second and fourth lines rhyme. A:Flowers Blooming in May, B:Birds in the sky Flying; A:Oh This Flower will Smile Today, B:Tomorrow it will be Dying.
Rhyme Scheme
the rhyme scheme is AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJKKLL
ab,cc,ad,ed,ef,ag,ee,ee
There is no specific rhyme scheme for a calligram
The rhyme scheme is ababcc.
A rhyme scheme can be anything you like.