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Sick by Shel Silverstein

"I cannot go to school today,"

Said little Peggy Ann McKay.

"I have the measles and the mumps,

A gash, a rash and purple bumps.

My mouth is wet, my throat is dry,

I'm going blind in my right eye.

My tonsils are as big as rocks,

I've counted sixteen chicken pox

And there's one more—that's seventeen,

And don't you think my face looks green?

My leg is cut—my eyes are blue—

It might be instamatic flu.

I cough and sneeze and gasp and choke,

I'm sure that my left leg is broke—

My hip hurts when I move my chin,

My belly button's caving in,

My back is wrenched, my ankle's sprained,

My 'pendix pains each time it rains.

My nose is cold, my toes are numb.

I have a sliver in my thumb.

My neck is stiff, my voice is weak,

I hardly whisper when I speak.

My tongue is filling up my mouth,

I think my hair is falling out.

My elbow's bent, my spine ain't straight,

My temperature is one-o-eight.

My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear,

There is a hole inside my ear.

I have a hangnail, and my heart is—what?

What's that? What's that you say?

You say today is. . .Saturday?

G'bye, I'm going out to play!"







What is the rhyme scheme of the first 6 lines of the poem above?

[A] ABABAB
[B] AABBCC
[C] ABCABC
[D] No rhyme scheme

Answer 1

the is no rhyme scheme in 6 lines of apoem

Answer 2

The rhyme scheme of the first 6 lines of the poem "Sick" by Shel Silverstein is ABCABC. Here option C is correct.

Each set of two lines (couplet) follows an AABB rhyme scheme, and the pattern repeats for the first six lines. In this scheme:

Line 1 (A) rhymes with Line 2 (B),

Line 3 (C) rhymes with Line 4 (A),

Line 5 (B) rhymes with Line 6 (C).

The use of rhyme in this poem contributes to its playful and whimsical tone, as Shel Silverstein describes the various ailments of the narrator in a lighthearted and humorous manner.

The rhyme scheme of the first six lines in "Sick" by Shel Silverstein is ABCABC, with a playful and whimsical tone enhancing the humorous portrayal of the narrator's imaginary illnesses. Here option C is correct.