Away to the dismal swamp he speeds— his path was rugged and sore, through tangled juniper, beds of reeds, through many a fen where the serpent feeds, and man never trod before. identify the pattern of rhyme and meter. the rhyme pattern is abaac, and the meter is trochaic. the rhyme pattern is abaab, and the meter is blank verse. the rhyme pattern is aabba, and the meter is iambic. the rhyme pattern is abaab, and the meter is iambic.

Read these excerpts. lincoln's "gettysburg address." it is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. whitman's "o captain! my captain! ". exult, o shores, and ring, o bells! but i, with mournful tread, walk the deck my captain lies, fallen cold and dead. which rhetorical appeal do both excerpts use? logos: the use of logic to convince the audience pathos: the use of emotional appeals to affect the audience’s feelings brevity: writing or speaking that is short, brief, and to the point ethos: the use of authority to persuade the audience to act the right way