Question

read the first stanza of the ballad \paul reveres ride\ by henry wadsworth longfellow. then, answer the question that follows. listen, my children, and you shall hear of the midnight ride of paul revere, on the eighteenth of april, in seventy - five; hardly a man is now alive who remembers that famous day and year. what is the rhyme scheme of this stanza? 11221 abcda aabba 12342

Explanation:

1. Label each line with a unique letter for its end sound:

• Line 1 ("hear") = A
• Line 2 ("Revere") = B
• Line 3 ("Five") = C
• Line 4 ("alive") = B
• Line 5 ("year") = A

1. The sequence of labels is A-B-C-B-A, which matches AABBA when mapped to the option format.

Answer:

AABBA