Question

Read these lines from Emily Dickinson's poem "324" ("Some keep the Sabbath going to Church"):

Answer 1

Answer: A. abcb

In this excerpt, Dickinson uses the rhyme scheme "abcb," as she rhymes "home" with "dome."

A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes that a poem has. When we write out a rhyme scheme, we use letters to indicate which lines rhyme. Lines that have the same letter rhyme with each other. Therefore, in this example, the lines that end with "home" and "dome" are both labelled "b."

Answer 2

What is the rhyme scheme she uses here?

A. abcb