Question

read the excerpt from \the author to her book\.
\thou ill - form’d offspring of my feeble brain,
who after birth didst by my side remain,
till snatched from thence by friends, less wise than true,
who thee abroad, expos’d to public view\
what is the rhyme scheme in these lines?
a, b, c, d
a, a, d, d
a, a, b, b
a, a, c, c

Explanation:

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

• Line 1: "brain" (sound: /breɪn/)
• Line 2: "remain" (sound: /rɪˈmeɪn/)
• Line 3: "true" (sound: /truː/)
• Line 4: "view" (sound: /vjuː/)

We assign a letter to each new rhyme sound. Lines 1 and 2 have the same rhyme sound (so they are both A). Lines 3 and 4 have the same rhyme sound (so they are both B).

Answer:

C. A, A, B, B