Question

A Song
by Paul Laurence Dunbar

Thou art the soul of a summer’s day,

Thou art the breath of the rose.

But the summer is fled

And the rose is dead

Where are they gone, who knows, who knows?

1
Use the poem to answer the question.

What is the rhyme scheme of the poem’s first stanza?

(1 point)
Responses

abccb
abccb

abaac
abaac

abcca
abcca

aabba
aabba

Answer 1

The rhyme scheme of the poem's first stanza is **abccb**.

Here's how it breaks down:

- "day" (a)
- "rose" (b)
- "fled" (c)
- "dead" (c)
- "knows" (b)

So the correct response is **abccb**.