Question

Use the drop-down menus to finish marking the rhyme scheme of "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death."

a.I know that I shall meet my fate
b.Somewhere among the clouds above;
c.Those that I fight I do not hate
d.Those that I guard I do not love;
e.My country is Kiltartan Cross,
f.My countrymen Kiltartan's poor,
g.No likely end could bring them loss
h.Or leave them happier than before.

Answer 1

The rhyme scheme for the stanza from "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" is ABAB CDCD, with indented lines sometimes signifying rhyming pairs.

Step-by-step explanation:

The rhyme scheme of the poem "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" can be identified by examining the ending words of each line and assigning a letter to each unique rhyme sound. Looking at the letters for the given stanza, we have the rhyme scheme ABAB CDCD, with the first and third lines rhyming (fate and hate), the second and fourth lines (above and love), and so on for the rest of the stanza (e.g., Cross and loss, poor and before). This creates a structured and melodic quality to the poem, which is a characteristic feature of W.B. Yeats' poetic style. Moreover, indentations at the beginning of the lines often correspond to rhyme pairs, as seen in some poems where alternate lines are indented, though this specific poem does not strictly follow this pattern.