Question

How Doth the Little Crocodile      How doth the little crocodile      Improve his shining tail,      And pour the waters of the Nile      On every golden scale!      How cheerfully he seems to grin,      How neatly spreads his claws,      And welcomes little fishes in      With gently smiling jaws! 19. What is the rhyme scheme in "How Doth the Little Crocodile"? A. ABAB CDCD B. ABBA ABBA C. ABAB ABAB D. AABB CCDD

Answer 1

The rhyme scheme in the poem is
A. ABAB CDCD

Crocodile (A) rhymes with the third line Nile (A). Second line Tail (B) rhymes iwth fourth line Scale (B). First line in the second stanza Grin (C) rhymes with third line In (C) and second line in the second stanza Claws (D) rhymes with the final line Jaws (D).