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Rhyme Scheme and Rhythm in a Sonnet by William Shakespeare

Question 3 • **MFISD ENGLISH 1 B 22-23 CR

Analyze the rhyme scheme in these lines from “Sonnet 18.”But thy eternal summer shall not fade,Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st,Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade,When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st, So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

Answer
A
abcabc
B
aabbcc
C
ababcc
D
ababab

Explanation

The end words rhyme in this pattern: “fade” rhymes with “shade,” and “ow’st” rhymes with “grow’st,” giving abab for the first four lines. “See” rhymes with “thee,” giving cc for the last two. The rhyme scheme is ababcc, choice C.

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