Question

Which rhyme scheme is used in this excerpt from “Ballad of Birmingham” by Dudley Randall?

“Mother dear, may I go downtownInstead of out to play,And march the streets of BirminghamIn a Freedom March today?”“No, baby, no, you may not go,For the dogs are fierce and wild,And clubs and hoses, guns and jailsAren’t good for a little child.”“But, mother, I won’t be alone.Other children will go with me,And march the streets of BirminghamTo make our country free.
“Mother dear, may I go downtown

Instead of out to play,

And march the streets of Birmingham

In a Freedom March today?”



ABCB
ABBC
AABB
ABCA

Answer 1

The answer is ABCB because Today and play have the same ending vowel