Question

3) Read the poem then choose the best answer.

"All Day I Hear"
By James Joyce

All day I hear the noise of waters

Making moan,

Sad as the sea-bird is when, going

Forth alone,

He hears the winds cry to the water's

Monotone.



Examine the rhyme of the poem. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

ABC

Answer 1

The rhyme scheme is A B C B A B.

Explanation: lines 1 and 5 rhyme (waters/water's = A), lines 2, 4, and 6 rhyme (moan/alone/monotone = B), and line 3 (going) is a unique rhyme (C).