A Song

Question

by Paul Laurence Dunbar

Thou art the soul of a summer’s day,

Thou art the breath of the rose.

But the summer is fled

And the rose is dead

Where are they gone, who knows, who knows?

1
Use the poem to answer the question.

What is the rhyme scheme of the poem’s first stanza?

(1 point)
Responses

abccb
abccb

abaac
abaac

abcca
abcca

aabba
aabba

Answer 1

The rhyme scheme of the poem's first stanza is abccb.

Here's how it breaks down:

• "day" (a)
• "rose" (b)
• "fled" (c)
• "dead" (c)
• "knows" (b)

So the correct response is abccb.