Question

IS THIS ABAB OR ABBA!!!!! Read the following excerpt from “Greece” by Oscar Wilde.

The sea was sapphire [colored], and the sky
Burned like a heated opal through the air;
We hoisted sail; the wind was blowing fair
For the blue lands that to the eastward lie.

Which pattern describes the rhyme scheme of this stanza?

ABAB
AABB
ABBA
AAAB

Answer 1

ABBA. Sky and lie would be A. Air and fair would be B. Therefore... Sky (A), Air (B), Fair (B), Lie (A), would make ABBA.