Question

read the excerpt from \the author to her book\.
\thou ill - formd offspring of my feeble brain,
who after birth didst by my side remain,
till snatched from thence by friends, less wise than true,
who thee abroad, exposd to public view\
what is the rhyme scheme in these lines?
a, b, c, d
a, a, d, d
a, a, b, b
a, a, c, c

Explanation:

To determine the rhyme scheme, we look at the end - sounds of each line.

• Line 1: "brain" (assigned as A).
• Line 2: "remain" (has the same vowel sound as "brain", so also A).
• Line 3: "true" (a new sound, assigned as C).
• Line 4: "view" (has the same vowel sound as "true", so also C).

Answer:

A, A, C, C