Question

poetry: rhyme scheme
\a night scene\
by cheesquatalawny (john keila ridge)
how still her motionless! yet full of life
as if music moves the sleeping strife
as if grace the blue buds resting cup
she pauses there - each limb with beauty lit
as if through a boundless space her foot might stir
rhymes scheme - a pattern of sounds that repeat at the end of each line of stanza
common rhyme schemes
abab - lines 1 and 3 rhyme, lines 2 and 4 rhyme
aabb - lines 1 and 2 rhyme, lines 3 and 4 rhyme
abba - lines 1 and 4 rhyme, lines 2 and 3 rhyme
abcb - line 1 does not rhyme with anything, lines 2 and 4 rhyme, and line 3 does not rhyme with anything
from verse - poetry with no set rhyme scheme
identify the rhyme scheme from the highlighted selection of \a night scene\ by cheesquatalawny?

Explanation:

To identify the rhyme scheme, we analyze the rhyming words at the end of each line. In "A Night Scene", the rhyming pattern is as follows:

• Line 1: "stream" (A)
• Line 2: "life" (B)
• Line 3: "stream" (A)
• Line 4: "life" (B)

This pattern follows the ABAB rhyme scheme as described in the common rhyme schemes (lines 1 and 3 rhyme, lines 2 and 4 rhyme).

Answer:

ABAB