Which of the following best describes the rhyme scheme of the lines below?

Then he climbed to the tower of the church,
Up the wooden stairs, with stealthy tread,
To the belfry-chamber overhead,
And startled the pigeons from their perch
On the somber rafters, that round him made
Masses and moving shapes of shade,--

122122
ABBACC
1A2B3C
AABBCC

Surprisingly that jumble of letters and numbers means something. I just don't know what.

Question

Which of the following best describes the rhyme scheme of the lines below?

Then he climbed to the tower of the church,
Up the wooden stairs, with stealthy tread,
To the belfry-chamber overhead,
And startled the pigeons from their perch
On the somber rafters, that round him made
Masses and moving shapes of shade,--

122122
ABBACC
1A2B3C
AABBCC

Surprisingly that jumble of letters and numbers means something. I just don't know what.

anonymous · Answer

Any ideas? i REALLY need help on this...

anonymous · Answer

It follows an abbacc rhyme scheme, which is also equivalent to a Spanish Sestet.

anonymous · Answer

What does that mean exactly?

anonymous · Answer

And to add onto that, the rhyme scheme refers to the end of each line, so
church = a
tread = b (church doesn't rhyme with tread, so a new letter is used)
overhead = b (rhymes with tread)
perch = a (perch and church rhymes)
made = c
shade rhymes with made = c
so that's why the rhyme scheme's abbacc.

anonymous · Answer

Oh thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wanna cry right now because you helped lol

anonymous · Answer

I was going to die if I didn't get it right lol