Question

read the poem.
skimming the bottom
in the company of toes,
i observe the deep end
though nobody knows.
in the depths, i am bold,
on the surface—shy.
my goggles transform me:
an underwater spy.
what is the poems rhyme scheme?
aabb
abab
abcb
abcd

Explanation:

• Line 1: "bottom" - assign letter \(a\).
• Line 2: "toes" - different sound from \(a\), assign \(b\).
• Line 3: "end" - different from \(a\) and \(b\), assign \(c\).
• Line 4: "knows" - rhymes with "toes" (\(b\)).
• Line 5: "bold" - new sound, assign \(d\).
• Line 6: "shy" - new sound, assign \(e\). But looking at the options, we focus on the first four - line rhyme scheme (as the options are for the whole poem's rhyme pattern considering the given structure). For the first four - lines:
• Line 1 (\(a\)), Line 2 (\(b\)), Line 3 (\(c\)), Line 4 (\(b\)). So the rhyme scheme for the first four - line unit (which is a common way to analyze in such short poems for the given options) is \(abcb\).

Answer:

abcb