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Read the following stanza. What is the rhyme scheme? PLEASE HELP

There once was a man from Peru
Who dreamt he was eating his shoe.
He awoke in a fright
In the middle of the night
And found it was perfectly true.

A)AABBA
B)AAAAB
C)ABCDE
D)AABBC

User Christian Metzler
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Answer:

A

Step-by-step explanation:

There once was a man from Peru - A

Who dreamt he was eating his shoe. - A

He awoke in a fright - B

In the middle of the night - B

And found it was perfectly true. - A

Peru rhymes with shoe and true so you assign the same letter(A).

Fright rhymes with night so you again assign the same letter(B).

User Tvgriek
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Answer:

A

Step-by-step explanation:

There once was a man from Peru - A

Who dreamt he was eating his shoe. - A

He awoke in a fright - B

In the middle of the night - B

And found it was perfectly true. -A

A)AABBA

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