Question

question 10 of 10
read these lines from emily dickinsons poem \712\ (\because i could not stop for death\):
because i could not stop for death -
he kindly stopped for me -
the carriage held but just ourselves -
and immortality.
what is the rhyme scheme here?
a. aabb
b. abcb
c. abca
d. abcd

Explanation:

• Line 1: “Death” - assigned letter \(a\).
• Line 2: “me” - assigned letter \(b\).
• Line 3: “Ourselves” - assigned letter \(c\).
• Line 4: “Immortality” - rhymes with “Death” (line 1), so assigned letter \(a\). So the rhyme scheme is \(abca\).

Answer:

C. abca