Question

Yet, love, mere love, is beautiful indeed

And worthy of acceptation. Fire is bright,
Let temple burn, or flax; an equal light
Leaps in the flame from cedar-plank or weed:
And love is fire. And when I say at need
I love thee mark! I love thee in thy sight
I stand transfigured, glorified aright,
With conscience of the new rays that proceed

Sonnet 10, Elizabeth Barrett Browning
What is the rhyme scheme of this example?

A) ABBA
B) AABB
C) ABCB
D) AABA

Answer 1

ABBA

Indeed (A)
Bright (B)
Light (B)
Weed (A)

Look for terms that rhyme in the first four sentences.

Answer 2

The rhyme scheme of the excerpt from Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnet 10 is ABBA, where lines 1, 3, 5, and 7 have the same ending rhyme, as do the second, fourth, sixth, and eighth lines.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine the rhyme scheme of the given example from Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnet 10, we will examine the ending words of each line and assign a letter to each unique rhyme. Here is a breakdown of the lines:

• indeed (A)
• acceptation (B)
• bright (A)
• flax (B)
• light (A)
• weed: (B)
• fire. (A)
• need (A)
• thee (B)
• mark! (A)
• thee (B)
• sight (A)
• transfigured, (A)
• proceed (B)

Upon reviewing these endings, we can see the rhyme scheme follows an ABBA pattern. Therefore, the correct answer is A) ABBA.