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A sonnet is often broken into two parts that follow different rhyme schemes. Which lines follow the first rhyme scheme in this poem?

Poem: How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day’s
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.

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Answer:

Lines 1-4 (ending in "grace") follow the first rhyme scheme (ABBA).

Explenation:

The first four lines follow the rhyme scheme ABBA because the first line rhymes with the fourth line (ways/grace) and the second line rhymes with the third line (sight/height).

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