Question

complete the rhyme scheme.
a b b c c
\who planted this old apple - tree?\
the children of that distant day
thus to some aged man shall say;
and, gazing on its mossy stem,
the gray - haired man shall answer them.
adapted from william cullen bryant, \the planting of the apple - tree\

Explanation:

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

• The first line ends with "tree".
• The second line ends with "day".
• The third line ends with "say".
• The fourth line ends with "stem".
• The fifth line ends with "them".

The first line has a unique ending sound (so it's A). The second line ("day") and the third line ("say") rhyme (so they are B). The fourth line ("stem") and the fifth line ("them") don't rhyme with A or B. But if we assume there's a pattern based on the given options (maybe a typo in the problem setup where perhaps "stem - them" is considered in a certain way for the given options), following the idea of matching to the provided A, B, B, C, C labels.

Answer:

A, B, B, C, C