Question

Shall I compare thee to a piece of toast?

Thou art more scrumptious and delectable:
Unevenly the elements may glow’st,
And sticking levers are detestable:
Sometimes too long the slice of bread doth roast,
And seldom do the crumbs not make a mess;
And often it is much too sweet for most,
If one should drizzle honey in excess;
But thy eternal warmth shall never cool,
Nor shall thee lose thy lovely golden hue;
And I’ll rejoice that fate hath not been cruel,
Each morning on beholding thee anew;
On this perception all the world agrees,
That no delicious bread’s divine as thee

What is the Rhyme Scheme of this poem?

Question 1 options:


A. AABBCCDDEEFFGG


B. ABABCDCDEFEFGG


C. ABCBDEFEGGHH

Question 2

The poem ends in a _______?

Answer 1

B. ABABCDCDEFEFGG
When determining a rhyme scheme, the first line is always labeled A. Any line that ends with the same sound as the first line also receives an A. So in the stanza the first lines ends with the /ost/ sound "toast", "glow'st" has the same sound so it is also labeled A. The line ending in delectable doesn't end with /ost/ so it needs to be labeled with the next letter of the alphabet - B. Since also rhymes with delectable it also received the label B. The next sound is roast and it technically should receive an A. There are varying thoughts on this. Some people say that since it's a new stanza the rhymes don't carry over, but others believe they do. You don't have the A as an option though past the first four lines....Since this poem is a sonnet that follows Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day..." we can assume that the rhyme scheme should be the same as a Shakespearean sonnet which is traditionally ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.
Question 2: rhyming couplet
There are no options given. Since the first question discussed rhyme scheme I'm going to assume that we are still talking about the poem's form. In this case, the sonnet usually ends in a rhyming couplet. A rhyming couplet is two lines that rhyme, one directly after another. This is another trait of the Shakespearean sonnet. These lines usually are a final summary statement, comment or question.