Question

school looms large, and i feel small
i pause until the door swings wide
i hoist my pack, step inside
adjust my cuffs, smooth my hair
and wonder what i’m doing here.

which lines rhyme?
○ lines 1 and 2
○ lines 2 and 3
○ lines 3 and 4
○ lines 4 and 5

Explanation:

To determine which lines rhyme, we analyze the end - sounds of each line.

• Line 2: "wide" (pronounced /waɪd/)
• Line 3: "inside" (pronounced /ɪnˈsaɪd/)

These two words have the same vowel - consonant ending sound (/aɪd/), so they rhyme.

• Line 1: "small" (pronounced /smɔːl/ or /smæl/)
• Line 4: "hair" (pronounced /heə(r)/ or /her/)
• Line 5: "here" (pronounced /hɪə(r)/ or /hɪr/)

The end - sounds of line 1, line 4, and line 5 do not match the end - sound of line 2 and line 3. So lines 2 and 3 rhyme.

Answer:

B. lines 2 and 3 (assuming the option for lines 2 and 3 is labeled as B, if the original options had labels like A, B, C, D with lines 2 and 3 as one of them)