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.