Question

Analyze the rhyme scheme in these lines from "Sonnet 18."

Answer 1

Answer:

C

Explanation:

Answer 2

3. ababcc

Explanation:

• The first line ends with the word fade.
• Fade rhymes with the last word of third line, shade.
• The second line line ends with the word ow'st.
• Ow'st rhymes with the last word of fourth line, grow'st.
• The fifth line ends with see.
• See, rhymes with the last word of sixth line thee.
• Hence the rhyme scheme in Sonnet 18 follows the pattern ababcc

a = fade

b = ow'st

a = shade

b = grow'st

c = see

c = thee