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Trevor has been asked to analyze the rhyme scheme in Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18.”


A Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,

B And often is his gold complexion dimm'd,

C And every fair from fair sometime declines,

D By chance, or nature's changing course untrimm'd:

Which is the correct rhyme scheme for this stanza?


aabb

abcd

abab

abcc

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abab

When determining rhyme scheme the first line always receives an A. If the next line rhymes with the first it earns a B. The third line receives a new letter if it doesn't rhyme with the previous lines. If it does have the same sound, then it receives the same letter as the line that matches, or rhymes, with it. Declines rhymes with shines so they both receive the label A. Dimm'd does not  rhyme with shines so it receives a B. Untrimm'd rhymes with dimm'd so it receives a B. The rhyme scheme is abab.

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The answer is ABAB

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