Question

read \the eagle\ by alfred, lord tennyson. what is the rhyme scheme of the poem? aaaa aaaa aaa bbb aab aab aba bab

Explanation:

To determine the rhyme - scheme, label the end - sound of the first line as 'a'. Then, if subsequent lines rhyme with the first, label them 'a' too; if they have a new end - sound, label them with a new letter. The first three lines rhyme (ends with 'hands','stands', 'lands'), so they are all 'a'. The fourth line has a different end - sound ('crawls'), so it's 'b'. The fifth and sixth lines rhyme with the first three ('walls', 'falls'), so they are 'a'.

Answer:

aaa baa