Read the lines from "Sonnet 8."

Question

Set me in base, or yet in high degree,

In the long night, or in the shortest day,

In clear weather, or where mists thickest be,

In lost youth, or when my hairs be grey;

What is the rhyme scheme of these lines?

Responses

ABCD
ABCD

ABAB
ABAB

AABB
AABB

ABBA

Answer 1

The rhyme scheme of the lines from "Sonnet 8" is ABAB. Each pair of lines rhymes alternately.

• "degree" (A)
• "day" (B)
• "be" (A)
• "grey" (B)

Therefore, the answer is ABAB.