Question
What is the rhyme scheme
So now he wanders through the field he’s turned
and tilled with care, a twenty acre grave
it seems. And, yet, because in years he’s learned
that, often times, there’s something left to save,
he stops to sift the dusty earth in hands
that look for breath inside the broken lands.
AABBCC
ABABAB
ABABCC
ABCABC
So now he wanders through the field he’s turned
and tilled with care, a twenty acre grave
it seems. And, yet, because in years he’s learned
that, often times, there’s something left to save,
he stops to sift the dusty earth in hands
that look for breath inside the broken lands.
AABBCC
ABABAB
ABABCC
ABCABC
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The rhyme scheme of the provided lines is **ABABCC**.
- The first line ("turned") rhymes with the third line ("learned"), so they are both labeled as 'A'.
- The second line ("grave") and the fourth line ("save") rhyme with each other and are labeled as 'B'.
- The fifth line ("hands") and the sixth line ("lands") rhyme with each other and are labeled as 'C'.
Thus, the overall rhyme scheme is ABABCC.
- The first line ("turned") rhymes with the third line ("learned"), so they are both labeled as 'A'.
- The second line ("grave") and the fourth line ("save") rhyme with each other and are labeled as 'B'.
- The fifth line ("hands") and the sixth line ("lands") rhyme with each other and are labeled as 'C'.
Thus, the overall rhyme scheme is ABABCC.