Read the lines:That woman's days were spentIn ignorant good will,Her nights in argumentUntil her voice grew shrill.Which correctly notes the rhyme scheme?A.ababB.abcbC.abbaD.aabb
Question
Read the lines:That woman's days were spentIn ignorant good will,Her nights in argumentUntil her voice grew shrill.Which correctly notes the rhyme scheme?A.ababB.abcbC.abbaD.aabb
Solution
The rhyme scheme of the given lines is A. abab.
Here's how you can determine this:
- Assign a letter to the end rhyme of the first line. In this case, "will" is the end word, so we'll assign it the letter 'a'.
- Move to the next line. If the end rhyme is the same as the previous line, it gets the same letter. If it's different, it gets the next letter in the sequence. "Argument" does not rhyme with "will", so it gets the letter 'b'.
- Continue this process for the remaining lines. "Voice" does not rhyme with "will" or "argument", so it gets the letter 'c'.
- "Shrill" rhymes with "will", so it gets the letter 'a'.
So, the rhyme scheme is abca. However, this
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