Question

Read the stanza from “Eldorado.” And, as his strength Failed him at length, He met a pilgrim shadow– “Shadow,” said he, “Where can it be– This land of Eldorado?” What rhyme scheme does this stanza use?
ABCABC

AACBBC

AABCCB

AABCCD

Answer 1

Answer:

AABCCD

Explanation:

Edgar Allen Poe's poem "Eldorado" talks of a knight who journeys through "sunshine ... and shadow", looking for the lost paradise city of Eldorado. The poem is a similar theme of looking for the lost city and how it has caught the interest of many explorers.

The rhymes scheme of a poem refers to the way the words are used in each line of a poem. In the given lines taken from the third stanza of the poem, the rhyme scheme is AABCCD.

Considering the lines of the poem,

And, as his strength (A)

Failed him at length, (A)

He met a pilgrim shadow— (B)

‘Shadow,’ said he, (C)

‘Where can it be— (C)

This land of Eldorado?’ (D)

the end word in the first line is "strength", with the same rhyme as "length". So, if we put "A" as the symbol for the first rhyming words, then "shadow" can be put as "B" and "he" and "be" of the third and fourth lines can be written as C. Likewise, "Eldorado" is put as "D".

Thus, the sequence comes as AABCCD.