Question

Read these lines from "The Monk's Tale."

Answer 1

The pattern is ABAB.

Answer 2

The rhyme scheme of the lines is ABAB. Option C is correct.

Rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyme that appears at the end of each verse or line in poetry. Several poems are written in free verse style. Some other poems have non-rhyming structures, paying attention only to the number of syllables.

There exist a number of rhyme schemes employed in poetry and one on them is the alternate rhyme also known as ABAB rhyme scheme, it rhymes as “ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH.”