Question

a thought on the inestimable blessing of reason by mercy otis warren. what is it moves within my soul, and as the needle to the pole directs me to the first cause the central point of natures laws? tis reason, lord, which thou hast given a ray divine, let down from heaven, a spark struck from effulgent light, transcendent, clear, - divinely bright, thou hast bestowd lest man should grope in endless darkness, void of hope. creative being! - who reason gave and by whose aid the powers we have to think, to judge, to will, to know, from whom these reasoning powers flow, thy name be ever magnified that thus to angels were allied, distinguishd thus in the great chain nor left the least in thy domain. yet shouldst thou but a moment frown, or wink this boasted reason down twould level proud impetuous man with the least worm in natures plan. then humbly will i thee implore, whom words of nations adore, that thou this taper should preserve from reasons laws let me neer swerve, but calmly, mistress of my mind. which statement best describes the rhyme scheme of a thought on the inestimable blessing of reason? there are two stanzas with the rhyme scheme abcb throughout. there is a series of consecutive rhyming couplets. there are two stanzas with the rhyme scheme abab throughout. there is an absence of a clear rhyme scheme.

Explanation:

Analyze the end - words of each line in the poem. The first stanza has lines where the end - words do not follow a simple consecutive rhyming pattern like couplets. Marking the end - word rhymes as A, B, C etc., we find that the rhyme scheme is ABCB throughout the stanzas.

Answer:

There are two stanzas with the rhyme scheme ABCB throughout.