Question

Read Shakespeare's "Sonnet 73" and answer the question.

That time of year thou mayst in me behold
When yellow leaves, or none, or few do hang
Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,
Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang
In me thou sees the twilight of such day
As after sunset fadeth in the west;
Which by and by black night doth take away,
Death's second self that seals up all in rest.
In me thou seest the glowing of such fire
That on the ashes of his youth doth lie,
As the deathbed whereon it must expire,
Consumed with that which it was nourished by.
This thou perceiv'st, which makes thy love more strong,
To love that well, which thou must leave ere long.

What is the rhyme scheme of this sonnet?

ababababababb

ababcdcdefefgg

ababcdcdefefgh

abcdabcdabcdee

Answer 1

ababcdcdefefgg

Step-by-step explanation:

This is the rhyme scheme that the sonnet follows. A rhyme scheme refers to the pattern of rhyme in a text. This is obtained by using letters in alphabetical order to represent the rhyme in each line. The first line receives the letter "a," as well as any subsequent line that rhymes with it. The next rhyme receives the letter "b" and so on.