Question

read the excerpt from \sonnet 29\
when, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes,
i all alone beweep my outcast state,
and trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
and look upon myself, and curse my fate,
what is the rhyme scheme of these lines?
○ abab
○ abba
○ abcb
○ abac

Explanation:

To determine the rhyme scheme, we analyze the end - words of each line. The end - word of the first line is "eyes", the second is "state", the third is "cries", and the fourth is "fate". We assign letters to represent the rhymes: lines with the same rhyme get the same letter. "eyes" and "cries" rhyme (let's call this 'a'), and "state" and "fate" rhyme (let's call this 'b'). So the rhyme scheme is abab.

Answer:

abab