Question

read the stanza from \the charge of the light brigade:\
\forward, the light brigade!\
was there a man dismayed?
not though the soldier knew
someone had blundered.
theirs not to make reply,
theirs not to reason why,
theirs but to do and die.
into the valley of death
rode the six hundred.
what is the rhyme scheme in this stanza?
aabbddeec
aabcdddec
abb cddeec
abbcc ddec

Explanation:

1. Assign a unique letter to each new ending sound:

• Line 1 ("Brigade!") = A
• Line 2 ("dismayed?") = A (matches line 1's sound)
• Line 3 ("knew") = B (new sound)
• Line 4 ("blundered.") = B (matches line 3's sound)
• Line 5 ("reply,") = C (new sound)
• Line 6 ("why,") = D (new sound)
• Line 7 ("die.") = D (matches line 6's sound)
• Line 8 ("Death") = E (new sound)
• Line 9 ("hundred.") = C (matches line 5's sound)

1. Combine the letters to get the rhyme scheme: AABBDDEEC.

Answer:

AABBDDEEC