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Difficulty: MediumAnalysis of Poetic Form, Structure, and Rhyme Scheme

Read the unseen excerpt below:

"The weaver bends above the wooden frame,
Her nimble fingers guide the silver thread;
She crafts a world without a single name,
Where forgotten paths and quiet shadows tread.
Though twilight falls and dims the fading light,
She weaves until the pattern turns to gold;
Preserving memories against the night,
In stories that can never be retold."

What is the end-rhyme scheme of the passage above?

  1. ababcdcdAnswer
  2. B
    abbacddc
  3. C
    aabbccdd
  4. D
    abcbcdef

Answer

ababcdcd
The correct answer is ababcdcd because the poem consists of two quatrains using alternate rhyme: 'frame' and 'name' (a), 'thread' and 'tread' (b), 'light' and 'night' (c), and 'gold' and 'retold' (d).

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the end words of the first four lines (quatrain 1).
Line 1 ('frame') rhymes with Line 3 ('name'), assigned letter 'a'. Line 2 ('thread') rhymes with Line 4 ('tread'), assigned letter 'b'. Pattern: abab.
Determining the alternating rhyme pattern for the first strophic unit.
2
Analyze the end words of the last four lines (quatrain 2).
Line 5 ('light') rhymes with Line 7 ('night'), assigned letter 'c'. Line 6 ('gold') rhymes with Line 8 ('retold'), assigned letter 'd'. Pattern: cdcd.
Assigning new sequential letters to new end-rhyme sounds in the second unit.
3
Combine the stanza patterns sequentially.
The overall end-rhyme scheme is ababcdcd.
Synthesizing the structural pattern across all eight lines.

Key Concept

End-rhyme scheme identification in unseen poetry
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Analysis of Poetic Form, Structure, and Rhyme Scheme

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