The rhyme scheme of the excerpt from "Sonnet 29" is abba. Each pair of lines in the quatrain follows this pattern:
- "eyes" (a)
- "state" (b)
- "cries" (b)
- "fate" (a)
Thus, the rhyme scheme is abba.
Read the excerpt from "Sonnet 29.”
When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself, and curse my fate,
What is the rhyme scheme of these lines?
abab
abba
abcb
abac
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