Question

adapted from robert browning, \the pied piper of hamelin\
all the little boys and girls,
with rosy cheeks and golden curls,
and sparkling eyes and teeth like pearls,
tripping and skipping ran merrily after
the wonderful music with shouting and laughter.
complete the rhyme scheme.
a
a
a
b
b

Explanation:

In poetry, rhyme scheme is determined by the pattern of end - rhymes. Here, we check the end - words of each line.

• Line 1: "girls"
• Line 2: "curls"
• Line 3: "pearls"
• Line 4: "after"
• Line 5: "laughter"

Lines 1, 2, 3 end with words that rhyme with each other (all have the /ɜːlz/ sound in "girls", "curls", "pearls"). So they are assigned the same rhyme letter 'A'. Lines 4 and 5 end with "after" and "laughter" which rhyme with each other (both have the /ɑːftə(r)/ and /ˈlɑːftə(r)/ sound). So they are assigned the rhyme letter 'B'.

Answer:

A. A
A. A
A. A
B. B
B. B