Question

For Hercules, a victor of sovereign power, His labours sing his praise and lasting fame, Who in his time was human strength in flower. He slew a lion and he skinned the same; What is the rhyme scheme of the lines?

Answer 1

The rhyme scheme of the lines are, abab.

Answer 2

Answer: abab.

Explanation: to identify the rhyme scheme of a stanza or poem, we need to pay attention to the ending sound of each line, the lines with similar ending sounds, will have the same letter (starting with "a" and going in alphabetical order), and the lines with different ending sounds will have different letters. In the given stanza, the first and third lines have the same ending sounds (power and flower) so they will have the letter "a". The second and fourth lines also have the same ending sounds (but different to the other two lines) so they will have the letter "b" (fame and same). The rhyme scheme would be "abab."