Question

What is the rhyme scheme in this excerpt from Frost's, "The Road Not Taken?" Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Answer 1

Rhyme scheme:  A, B, A, A, B

Answer 2

Answer: A, B, A, A, B

A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes of a poem or a song. In order to discover the rhyme scheme of a poem, we have to look at the way each line ends. Rhyme schemes are usually indicated by using letters. The lines that rhyme with each other receive the same letter. However, not all poems need to have a rhyme scheme.