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onnet 116

by William Shakespeare

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.

"Sonnet 116" by William Shakespeare

Question
Use the lines to answer the question.

What is the rhyme scheme of these lines?

(1 point)
Responses

ABBA
ABBA

ABCB
ABCB

AABB
AABB

ABAB
ABAB
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1 answer

The rhyme scheme of Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare, as given in the lines, is ABAB.

The reasoning is as follows:

  • The first line ("Let me not to the marriage of true minds") ends with "minds" (A).
  • The second line ("Admit impediments; love is not love") ends with "love" (B).
  • The third line ("Which alters when it alteration finds") ends with "finds" (A).
  • The fourth line ("Or bends with the remover to remove") ends with "remove" (B).

Thus, the rhyme scheme is ABAB.