read the poem.\nskimming the bottom\nin the company of toes,\ni observe the deep end\nthough nobody…
read the poem.\nskimming the bottom\nin the company of toes,\ni observe the deep end\nthough nobody knows.\nin the depths, i am bold,\non the surface—shy.\nmy goggles transform me:\nan underwater spy.\nwhat is the poems rhyme scheme?\naabb\nabab\nabcb\nabcd
Answer
Brief Explanations:
- Line 1: "bottom" - assign letter (a).
- Line 2: "toes" - different sound from (a), assign (b).
- Line 3: "end" - different from (a) and (b), assign (c).
- Line 4: "knows" - rhymes with "toes" ((b)).
- Line 5: "bold" - new sound, assign (d).
- Line 6: "shy" - new sound, assign (e). But looking at the options, we focus on the first four - line rhyme scheme (as the options are for the whole poem's rhyme pattern considering the given structure). For the first four - lines:
- Line 1 ((a)), Line 2 ((b)), Line 3 ((c)), Line 4 ((b)). So the rhyme scheme for the first four - line unit (which is a common way to analyze in such short poems for the given options) is (abcb).
Answer:
abcb