Question

sonnet 116
by william shakespeare
let me not to the marriage of true minds
admit impediments; love is not love
which alters when it alteration finds,
or bends with the remover to remove.
use the lines to answer the question.
what is the rhyme scheme of these lines?
(1 point)
abcb
abab
aabb
abba

Explanation:

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

• Line 1: "minds" (sound: /maɪndz/)
• Line 2: "love" (sound: /lʌv/)
• Line 3: "finds" (sound: /faɪndz/)
• Line 4: "remove" (sound: /rɪˈmuːv/)

We assign a letter to each new sound. Line 1 gets "A", line 2 gets "B", line 3 rhymes with line 1 (so "A"), line 4 rhymes with line 2 (so "B").

Answer:

ABAB