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Read “The Rose Tree” by William Butler Yeats. The rhyme scheme of the first stanza is abcbdb. Identify the rhyme schemes of the second stanza and the third stanza.

“O words are lightly spoken,¨ Said Pearse to Connolly, “Maybe a breath of politic words Has withered our Rose Tree; Or maybe but a wind that blows Across the bitter sea.”

“It needs to be but watered,” James Connolly replied, “To make the green come out again And spread on every side, And shake the blossom from the bud To be the garden's pride.”

"But where can we draw water,” Said Pearse to Connolly, “When all the wells are parched away? O plain as plain can be There's nothing but our own red blood Can make a right Rose Tree.”

Following the pattern in the first stanza, the rhyme scheme of the second stanza is__. The rhyme scheme of the third stanza is__.

Answer 1

Answer: Both the second and third stanzas are the exact same as the first: ABCBDB.

Explanation:

LAST WORDS OF EACH LINE

First Stanza

spoken A

connolly B

words C

tree B ----tree rhymes with connolly

blows C

sea D -----sea, tree, connolly

Second Stanza

watered - A

replied - B

again - C

side - B -----side rhymes with replied

bud - D

pride - B -----pride, side, replied

THIRD STANZA

water - A

connolly - B

away - C

be - B ------be rhymes with connolly

blood - D

tree - B ----tree, be, connolly