If “the runaway” has a beginning rhyme scheme of abacbcde, which is true of the end rhymes? the d and e lines are not end rhymes. only consecutive rhyming lines are end rhymes. the lines cb and bc end with words that are opposites. the lines aba all end with the same rhyming sound.

Robert was not waiting for her in the little parlor. he was nowhere at hand. the house was empty. but he had scrawled on a piece of paper that lay in the lamplight: "i love you. good-by—because i love you." what significant idea, presented throughout the novel, does robert's final departure and note highlight? edna is ultimately alone in her rebirth. edna needs to find solace in her children. edna will never be truly loved by anyone. edna should not have forsaken her family.