Question

read the excerpt from a poem a student wrote

i saw a man who had a dog
she wanted nothing that i had.
i saw a woman with a frog
she smiled but seemed a little sad.
i wonder if ill ever know,
i wonder if ill ever see,
where man and woman had to go,
a man and woman would be _______

which word completes the rhyme scheme?

free
find
bow
bad

Explanation:

Analyze the rhyme scheme of the first stanza

The first four lines of the poem have the following end words:

• Line 1: "dog" (A)
• Line 2: "had" (B)
• Line 3: "frog" (A)
• Line 4: "sad" (B)

This establishes an ABAB rhyme scheme.

Analyze the rhyme scheme of the second stanza

The next lines have the following end words:

• Line 5: "know" (C)
• Line 6: "see" (D)
• Line 7: "go" (C)
• Line 8: "be ________" (D)

To complete the CDCD rhyme scheme, the final word must rhyme with "see" (D).

Evaluate the answer choices

• "free" rhymes with "see" (D).
• "find" does not rhyme with "see".
• "bow" rhymes with "know"/"go" (C).
• "bad" rhymes with "had"/"sad" (B).

Therefore, "free" is the correct word to complete the rhyme scheme.

Answer:

• (A) free (Correct answer)
• (B) find
• (C) bow
• (D) bad