Only the Ice by Mohab Habib When I’m skating there’s no Today or tomorrow; When I’m skating there is no envy or sorrow; when I’m skating there’s only the ice. The moon is a spotlight on a curtain of trees, the moon is a spotlight that shines down on me, the moonlight, and only the ice. Tapshhhh, tapshhhh, I sway side to side. Tapshhhh, tapshhhh, touch-glide, touch-glide. Tapshhhh, and only the ice.

Question

What is the rhyme scheme

Answer 1

The rhyme scheme of the poem "Only the Ice" by Mohab Habib can be analyzed as follows:

• The first stanza has a repetition of "Today" (A), "sorrow" (B), and "ice" (C), which gives it the pattern: AAB
• The second stanza includes "trees" (D), "me" (E), and "ice" (C), resulting in: DEC
• The third stanza has "side" (F), "glide" (F), and "ice" (C), leading to: FFC

Thus, the overall rhyme scheme may be described as: AAB DEC FFC.