Let me not to the marriage of true minds

Admit impediments; love is not love

Which alters when it alteration finds,

Or bends with the remover to remove

What is the rhyme scheme of these lines?

1 answer

The rhyme scheme of the lines you provided from Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare is as follows:

  1. "minds" (A)
  2. "love" (B)
  3. "finds" (A)
  4. "remove" (B)
  5. "alteration" (C)
  6. "remove" (B)

So, the rhyme scheme for these lines is ABAB.