Question

complete the rhyme scheme.
a b b c
im going out to clean the pasture spring;
ill only stop to rake the leaves away
(and wait to watch the water clear, i may):
i wont be gone long.—you come too.
adapted from rubert frost, \the pasture\

Explanation:

To determine the rhyme scheme, we look at the end - sounds of each line.

• The first line ends with "spring".
• The second line ends with "away". Since "spring" and "away" have different end - sounds, they get different labels (A and B).
• The third line ends with "may". "May" rhymes with "away" (both have the /eɪ/ sound at the end), so it also gets the label B.
• The fourth line ends with "too". "Too" has a different end - sound from the previous lines, so it gets the label C.

Answer:

A B B C