Question

Which statement best describes the rhyme scheme of "A Thought on the Inestimable Blessing of Reason"?

Answer 1

The statement best describes the rhyme scheme of "A Thought on the Inestimable Blessing of Reason " is:

C. There is a series of consecutive rhyming couplets.

The poem is in ‘slant rhyme’ with the ABAB rhyme scheme. It is sometimes called lazy rhyme, half rhyme, imperfect rhyme or near rhyme. When the rhyme is formed by identical sound words and not similar sound words, they are in Slant rhyme.

The rhyming words in the first two lines are ‘soul, pole’; in the second two lines are ‘cause, laws’; in the third two lines are ‘given, heaven’; in the fourth two lines are ‘light, bright.’ The other two lines in the poem follow the same rhyme scheme.

Answer 2

The statement best describes the rhyme scheme of "A Thought on the Inestimable Blessing of Reason" is the usage of a "slant rhyme." Slant Rhyme is a rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours.