Question

read the following excerpt from a poem:
and thou art dead, as young and fair
as aught of mortal birth;
and form so soft, and charms so rare,
too soon returnd to earth!
what is the rhyme scheme of this stanza?
a. aaaa
b. abab
c. abba
d. abcb

Explanation:

1. Assign a letter to the end sound of the first line: "fair" = a.
2. The second line "birth" has a new sound, assign b.
3. The third line "rare" rhymes with "fair", so it uses a.
4. The fourth line "Earth" rhymes with "birth", so it uses b.

This creates the pattern abba.

Answer:

C. abba