Question

Analyze the rhyme scheme in these lines from “Sonnet 18.”

But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st,
Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st,
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

Answer 1

The answer is
A
B
A
B
C
C

Answer 2

The rhyme scheme for this case will be as follows:

"But thy eternal summer shall not fade, - A

Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st, - B

Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade, - A

When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st, - B

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, - C

So long lives this, and this gives life to thee." - C

Step-by-step explanation:

The rhyme pattern used by the author was an alternate rhyme pattern on the first four verses and at the end he uses a couplet in the last two verses (CC).