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Read the given extract.
Identify the rhyme scheme used in the extract.
(a) ABABC
(b) ABABA
(c) AABBA
(d) ABBAB
Answer as written by the student:
The rhyme scheme used in the extract is (b) ABABA.
Step-by-step explanation of the answer:
To answer this question, we need to do the following steps:
- Assign a letter to each word that rhymes, starting with A for the first word, and using the same letter for words that rhyme with it. For example, go is assigned A, eleven is assigned B, Heaven is assigned A again, because it rhymes with go, and so on. The letters represent the rhyme scheme, which is the pattern of rhymes in a poem.
- (a) ABABC is incorrect because it does not match the rhyme scheme of the extract. It means that the first, third, and fifth lines rhyme, and the second and fourth lines rhyme.
- (b) ABABA is correct because it matches the rhyme scheme of the extract.
- (c) AABBA is incorrect because it does not match the rhyme scheme of the extract.
- (d) ABBAB is incorrect because it does not match the rhyme scheme of the extract.
