Question

Identify the rhyme scheme of the following verses:
Ye living lamps, by whose dear light
The nightingale does sit so late,
And studying all the summer night,
Her matchless songs does meditate;
Ye country comets, that portend
No war nor prince's funeral,
Shining unto no higher end
Than to presage the grass's fall;

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

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

abab cdcd

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

light-night(a)

late-meditate(b)

portend-end(c)

funeral-fall(d)

So, the rhyme scheme is abab cdcd. Option C is the correct answer.