Question

What is the rhyme scheme in these lines from “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll?

’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

“Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!”

A.abab, abab
B.abab, cdcd
C.aabb, ccdd
D.aabb, cddc

Answer 1

The Rhyme Scheme is B,
This is because every other word rhymes in the first part
the second part uses words the dont rhyme with anything in the first part.

Answer 2

Answer: B) abab, cdcd.

Step-by-step explanation: To determine the rhyme scheme of a poem or stanza, we must pay attention to the final sound of each line. The similar sounds will have the same letter, and the unique sounds, different letters (starting with the letter "A"). In the given lines from "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll, the lines 1 and three end with the words "toves" and "borogoves" respectively, which rhyme and therefore they would be represented by the letter "A." The lines 2 and 4 also rhyme (wabe and outgrabe), so they would have the letter "B." In the same way we analize the rest: "son" and "shun" (letter C) and "catch" and "Bandersnatch" (letter D). So the final rhyme scheme would be: ABAB, CDCD.