Question

Read this poem:

The clock struck six,
as we walked by the house,
when out from the bricks
ran a tiny gray mouse.
What is the poem's rhyme scheme?

a. AABB
b. ABBA
c. ABAB
d. ABCB

Answer 1

The answer is C) ABAB.
Six (A) rhymes with Bricks (A), and House (B) rhymes with Mouse (B).

Answer 2

Answer: C) ABAB.

Explanation: When we want to determinate the rhyme scheme in a poem or a stanza, we need to pay attention to the final syllable of each line, and the ones that have the same sound, we classify them with a letter (starting with "A" in the first line). In the given poem, the lines 1 and 3 end with the words "six" and "bricks" which have same sound (letter A) and the lines 2 and 4 end with the words "house" and "mouse" which also have the same sound (letter B). So the rhyme scheme would be: ABAB.