Question

ms. jameson is using \sonnet 18\ by william shakespeare to teach her students how to analyze a rhyme scheme. so long as men can breathe or eyes can see, so long lives this, and this gives life to thee. which is the correct rhyme scheme for these lines? aa aaa ab ab

Explanation:

• Rhyme scheme basics: In poetry, rhyme scheme is determined by the pattern of rhyming words at the end of lines. Each new rhyme sound is assigned a new letter (e.g., first rhyme - 'a', next new rhyme - 'b', etc.).
• Analyzing the lines:
• The first line ends with "see".
• The second line ends with "thee".
• "See" and "thee" rhyme (they have the same vowel sound /iː/ and no new rhyme sound is introduced). So both lines are assigned the same letter 'a'.

Answer:

aa