Question

Match each poetic passage to the rhyme scheme it follows. AABB ABAB ABAA

Answer 1

1. abab

2. aabb

3. abab

4. abaa

Answer 2

1. ABAB means the first rhymes with the third, and the second, with the fourth.

endless strife     A

woodland linet   B

on my life           A

in it                     B

2. AABB: first rhymes with the second, and the the third, with the fourth.

evening walk  A

whom to talk    A

in a row            B

in snow            B

3. ABAB

their fan            A

breezy air         B

all Ican              A

pleasure there  B

4. ABAA: the first rhymes with the third and the fouth. The second is by itself.

just as fair       A

better claim    B

wanted wear   A

passing there   A