Question

Ms. Jameson is using "Sonnet 18” by William Shakespeare to teach her students how to analyze a rhyme scheme.

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

Which is the correct rhyme scheme for these lines?

aa
AAA
ab
AB

Answer 1

aa

Both lines form the closing rhyming couplet of the sonnet ("see" / "thee"), so they share the same rhyme and are labeled with the same letter.