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? abab abac abba abcb

Explanation:

To determine the rhyme scheme, we analyze the end - words of each line:

• Line 1: "eyes" - assign 'a'.
• Line 2: "state" - assign 'b'.
• Line 3: "cries" - it rhymes with "eyes" (line 1), so assign 'a'.
• Line 4: "fate" - it rhymes with "state" (line 2), so assign 'b'.

So the rhyme scheme is abab.

Answer:

A. abab