Use the excerpt from the poem below to answer the question.

Question

What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem by Robert Frost?

He gives his harness bells a shake

To ask if there is some mistake.

The only other sound’s the sweep

Of easy wind and downy flake.



The woods are lovely, dark and deep,

But I have promises to keep,

And miles to go before I sleep,

And miles to go before I sleep.

(2 points)
Responses

AAAABBBB
AAAABBBB

AABABBBB
AABABBBB

ABABABAB
ABABABAB

ABCDABCD
ABCDABCD
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Answer 1

The rhyme scheme of the poem excerpt you provided is AABABBBB.

• The first two lines rhyme with each other (shake, mistake).
• The third line introduces a new rhyme (sweep).
• The fourth line returns to the rhyme of the first two lines (flake).
• The next three lines (deep, keep, sleep) all rhyme with each other, following the initial AAB pattern.

So the correct answer is AABABBBB.