Question

Analyze the rhyme scheme in these lines from “Sonnet 18.” But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st, Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st, So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. Which is the correct rhyme scheme? abcabc aabbcc ababcc ababab

Answer 1

ababcc

fade, shade-a

ow'st,grow'st-b

see,thee-c

Answer 2

The answer is the rhyme scheme of the Sonnet 18 is ababcc. Here the first line and the third line is rhyming.

Next, the second and the 4th line is rhyming. Finally last two lines are rhyming with each other.

The rhyming scheme can be deciphered as abadcc. In fact in most of the sonnets this ababcc rhyming is used.