eddy finds a friend
by a. gautam
this is how i dance—
not the way you groove.
if you get a chance,
you need to improve.
don’t feel so uptight.
what do you have to fear?
dancing is so right.
you’ll fit in right here.
just feel the air and,
sway the way it flows.
come to see my band,
learn what eddy knows.

which of these is true about the poem’s rhyme scheme?
a. the first stanza is repeated at the end of the poem.

b. every other line in each stanza have the same rhyme.

c. the second and third lines of each stanza rhyme.

d. the last stanza is composed of two rhyming couplets.

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eddy finds a friend
by a. gautam
this is how i dance—
not the way you groove.
if you get a chance,
you need to improve.
don’t feel so uptight.
what do you have to fear?
dancing is so right.
you’ll fit in right here.
just feel the air and,
sway the way it flows.
come to see my band,
learn what eddy knows.

which of these is true about the poem’s rhyme scheme?
a. the first stanza is repeated at the end of the poem.

b. every other line in each stanza have the same rhyme.

c. the second and third lines of each stanza rhyme.

d. the last stanza is composed of two rhyming couplets.

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# Brief Explanations:
To determine the correct answer, we analyze the rhyme scheme of each stanza:

- **Stanza 1**: "dance" (A), "groove" (B), "chance" (A), "improve" (B) → Rhyme scheme: A, B, A, B.
- **Stanza 2**: "uptight" (C), "fear" (D), "right" (C), "here" (D) → Rhyme scheme: C, D, C, D.
- **Stanza 3**: "air" (E), "flows" (F), "band" (G), "knows" (G) → Wait, no, let's re - check. Wait, the third stanza: "air" (E), "flows" (F), "band" (G), "knows" (G)? No, wait the third stanza is "Just feel the air and, / sway the way it flows. / Come to see my band, / learn what Eddy knows." Wait, "air" and "flows" do not rhyme. "band" and "knows" do not rhyme. Wait, maybe I made a mistake. Wait, let's check option C: "The second and third lines of each stanza rhyme." Let's check each stanza:

Stanza 1: Line 2: "groove", Line 3: "chance" → Do not rhyme.

Stanza 2: Line 2: "fear", Line 3: "right" → Do not rhyme.

Stanza 3: Line 2: "flows", Line 3: "band" → Do not rhyme. So option C is wrong.

Option B: "Every other line in each stanza have the same rhyme." Let's check Stanza 1: Line 1 "dance" (A), Line 3 "chance" (A); Line 2 "groove" (B), Line 4 "improve" (B). Stanza 2: Line 1 "uptight" (C), Line 3 "right" (C); Line 2 "fear" (D), Line 4 "here" (D). Stanza 3: Line 1 "air" (E), Line 3 "band" (G) – no, wait Stanza 3: "Just feel the air and," (Line 1), "sway the way it flows." (Line 2), "Come to see my band," (Line 3), "learn what Eddy knows." (Line 4). Wait, "air" and "band" do not rhyme, "flows" and "knows" – "flows" (F) and "knows" (F)? "flows" is /fləʊz/, "knows" is /nəʊz/ – they rhyme! Wait, maybe I mis - parsed the lines. Let's re - split the stanzas properly. Maybe the poem is formatted as:

Stanza 1:
This is how I dance— (1)
not the way you groove. (2)
If you get a chance, (3)
you need to improve. (4)

Stanza 2:
Don’t feel so uptight. (1)
What do you have to fear? (2)
Dancing is so right. (3)
You’ll fit in right here. (4)

Stanza 3:
Just feel the air and, (1)
sway the way it flows. (2)
Come to see my band, (3)
learn what Eddy knows. (4)

Now, Stanza 1: Line 1 (dance) and Line 3 (chance) rhyme (A - A); Line 2 (groove) and Line 4 (improve) rhyme (B - B).

Stanza 2: Line 1 (uptight) and Line 3 (right) rhyme (C - C); Line 2 (fear) and Line 4 (here) rhyme (D - D).

Stanza 3: Line 2 (flows) and Line 4 (knows) rhyme (F - F); Line 1 (air) and Line 3 (band) – no, but wait the question is about the rhyme scheme. Option B says "Every other line in each stanza have the same rhyme." In Stanza 1, line 1 and 3 rhyme, line 2 and 4 rhyme. Stanza 2, line 1 and 3 rhyme, line 2 and 4 rhyme. Stanza 3, line 2 and 4 rhyme (flows and knows), line 1 and 3 – air and band do not rhyme, but maybe the poem has a typo or my parsing is wrong. But let's check the other options.

Option A: "The first stanza is repeated at the end of the poem." The first stanza is not repeated at the end, so A is wrong.

Option D: "The last stanza is composed of two rhyming couplets." A rhyming couplet is two lines that rhyme. The last stanza has four lines. Line 1: air, Line 2: flows (do not rhyme); Line 3: band, Line 4: knows (do not rhyme with line 1 or 2, but line 2 and 4: flows and knows rhyme (F - F), line 1 and 3: air and band do not rhyme. So it's not two rhyming couplets. Wait, but according to the analysis of option B, in each stanza, every other line (line 1 and 3, line 2 and 4) rhyme. Let's confirm with Stanza 1: dance (1) and chance (3) rhyme; groove (2) and improve (4) rhyme. Stanza 2: uptight (1) and right (3) rhyme; fear (2) and here (4) rhyme. Stanza 3: air (1) – no, wait stanza 3 line 1: "Just feel the air and," (maybe the "and" is a typo, maybe it's "Just feel the air, / sway the way it flows. / Come to see my band, / learn what Eddy knows." Then line 1: air, line 3: band – no. But line 2: flows, line 4: knows – rhyme. Line 1: air, line 3: band – no. But maybe the poem's third stanza is different. But among the options, option B is the only one that fits the pattern of the first two stanzas, where every other line (1 and 3, 2 and 4) rhyme. So option B is correct. Wait, but earlier when I checked stanza 3, maybe I misread. Let's re - check the poem as given:

The poem:

This is how I dance— (1)
not the way you groove. (2)
If you get a chance, (3)
you need to improve. (4)

Don’t feel so uptight. (1)
What do you have to fear? (2)
Dancing is so right. (3)
You’ll fit in right here. (4)

Just feel the air and, (1)
sway the way it flows. (2)
Come to see my band, (3)
learn what Eddy knows. (4)

In Stanza 1: Line 1 (dance) and Line 3 (chance) rhyme (A - A); Line 2 (groove) and Line 4 (improve) rhyme (B - B).

Stanza 2: Line 1 (uptight) and Line 3 (right) rhyme (C - C); Line 2 (fear) and Line 4 (here) rhyme (D - D).

Stanza 3: Line 1 (air) – maybe the "and" is extra, so "Just feel the air, / sway the way it flows. / Come to see my band, / learn what Eddy knows." Then Line 2 (flows) and Line 4 (knows) rhyme (F - F); Line 1 (air) and Line 3 (band) – no, but maybe the poem has a different structure. But among the options, option B says "Every other line in each stanza have the same rhyme." In the first two stanzas, this holds (line 1 and 3, line 2 and 4 rhyme). In the third stanza, line 2 and 4 rhyme (flows and knows), line 1 and 3 – maybe a typo or my mistake. But the other options are clearly wrong. Option A: first stanza not repeated. Option C: second and third lines do not rhyme (stanza 1: groove and chance; stanza 2: fear and right; stanza 3: flows and band – none rhyme). Option D: last stanza has four lines, two rhyming couplets would be two pairs of rhyming lines. Line 1 - 2: air and flows – no. Line 3 - 4: band and knows – no. Line 2 - 4: flows and knows – yes, but that's one couplet, not two. So option B is the correct one as in the first two stanzas, every other line rhymes, and maybe the third stanza is also following (maybe "air" and "band" is a mistake, or I misread). So the correct answer is B.

# Answer:
B. Every other line in each stanza have the same rhyme.

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