Question

Identify the rhyme scheme of the following verses:
Better to see your cheek grown hollow,
Better to see your temple worn,
Than to forget to follow, follow,
After the sound of a silver horn.
Better to bind your brow with willow
And follow, follow until you die,
Than to sleep with your head on a golden pillow,
Nor lift it up when the hunt goes by.

• A. abab cdcd
• B. abba cddc
• C. abcd abcd
• D. adda cdcd

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

abab cdcd

The rhyme scheme can be identified through the final word of each line:

hollow-follow(a)

worn-horn(b)

willow-pillow(c)

die-by(d)

So, the rhyme scheme followed here is abab cdcd. So, the answer is A.