Question

my penmanship is pretty bad
my penmanship is pretty bad.
my printings plainly awful.
in truth, my writing looks so sad
it ought to be unlawful.
rhyme scheme:
abab
aabb
abcd

Explanation:

First, identify the end sounds of each line:

1. "bad" ends with the /æd/ sound
2. "awful" ends with the /ɔːfəl/ sound
3. "sad" ends with the /æd/ sound
4. "unlawful" ends with the /ʌnlɔːfəl/ sound

Lines 1 and 3 rhyme (assign letter A), lines 2 and 4 rhyme (assign letter B), so the rhyme scheme is ABAB.

Answer:

ABAB