Question

read the excerpt from sonnet 29. when, in disgrace with fortune and mens 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? abac abcb abba abab

Explanation:

Rhyme scheme is determined by the end - sounds of lines. Here, the first and third lines end with words that don't rhyme with each other or the second and fourth lines. The second and fourth lines don't rhyme with each other either. So, the rhyme scheme is abab.

Answer:

D. abab