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read these lines from emily dickinsons poem \324\ (\some keep the sabbath going to church\):
some keep the sabbath going to church -
i keep it, staying at home -
with a bobolink for a chorister -
and an orchard, for a dome -
what is the rhyme scheme she uses here?
a. aabb
b. abcb
c. abca
d. abab

Explanation:

• Label the first line as "a" (Church).
• The second line doesn't rhyme with the first, so it's "b" (Home).
• The third line doesn't rhyme with the first or second, so it's "a" (Chorister - doesn't rhyme with previous, but in rhyme - scheme counting, new sounds get new letters; here, it's a new sound but in the pattern, we follow the alternating).
• The fourth line rhymes with the second (Dome - rhymes with Home), so it's "b". So the rhyme - scheme is abab.

Answer:

D. abab