Question

Read the first five lines of Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 12,” and use the drop-down menus to mark the rhyme scheme.



When I do count the clock that tells the time,

And see the brave day sunk in hideous night,

When I behold the violet past prime,

And sable curls all silvered o'er with white:

When lofty trees I see barren of leaves

Answer 1

Line 1 ("time") — A
Line 2 ("night") — B
Line 3 ("prime") — A
Line 4 ("white") — B
Line 5 ("leaves") — C