Question

Select the correct answer.

What is the rhyme pattern of William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130?

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.

A.
aabb, ccdd, eeff, gg
B.
abba, abba, cddc, ee
C.
abab, abab, cde, cde
D.
abab, cdcd, efef, gg

Answer 1

D.

abab, cdcd, efef, gg

Answer 2

D is the correct answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

In poetry, a rhyme pattern or rhyme scheme is defined as the rhyme structure that comes at the end of each line or verse; it is the order that a poet needs to create the poem, unless free verse is being written, where there aren't patterns or metric feet.

In this case, the answer is abab, cdcd, efef, gg since the first line rhymes with the third one while the second one with the fourth one and so on.