Question

by a. gautam
my form is simply boring
i want to be elastic—
i hate to be just storing.
im tired of being plastic.

they do not recycle me.
i am left out in the sun.
forever they let me be,
as such, i just cant go on!

sometimes i freeze for hours,
and often i am crushed.
as i stare at the flowers,
i wish i was just flushed.

how i hate the garbage can!
and even more, the ceiling fan.
anything that ever ran,
and how my life began!

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what is the end - rhyme scheme in the second stanza of the poem?
a. all the lines in the stanza have the same rhyme scheme.
b. the first two lines rhyme, and the second two lines rhyme.
c. there is not a fixed rhyme scheme in the second stanza.
d. only the odd - numbered lines rhyme with each other.

Explanation:

To determine the end - rhyme scheme of the second stanza, we analyze the end words: "recycle" (line 1), "sun" (line 2), "be" (line 3), "on" (line 4). The first two lines do not rhyme, and the last two lines also do not rhyme with each other or with the first two. So, there is no fixed rhyme scheme. Option A is wrong as not all lines rhyme. Option B is wrong as the first two and last two don't rhyme. Option D is wrong as odd - numbered lines ("recycle" and "be") don't rhyme.

Answer:

C. There is not a fixed rhyme scheme in the second stanza.