Question

Read this excerpt from “O Captain! My Captain!” by Walt Whitman. What is the rhyme scheme?

O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won,
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

A:ababcced

B:ababcdde

C:aabbcded

D:aabbddee

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Answer 1

This is easy
Does the last word in the first line rhyme with the last word in the second line?

Answer 2

yes

Answer 3

Oh, mehek gl

Answer 4

How about the third and fourth line?

Answer 5

no

Answer 6

You don't even let me finish

Answer 7

exalting and daring?

Answer 8

exulting*

Answer 9

Exulting and daring don't rhyme, but in terms of this

It has to.

Answer 10

what

Answer 11

Heart doesn't rhyme with any other word, so it has its own rhyme scheme

Answer 12

ok

Answer 13

then why is in the poem

Answer 14

Just because it doesn't rhyme doesn't mean it can't be in the poem o.o

Answer 15

I never said that?

Answer 16

My bad

Answer 17

It has its own letter basically

Answer 18

im so lost and i dont understand rhyme scheme

Answer 19

will someone just explain it to me please

Answer 20

just look at the last word from each line

Answer 21

Rhyming scheme is the pattern

Answer 22

line 1: done
line 2: won
line 3: exulting
line 4: daring
line 5: heart!
line 6: red
line 7: lies
line 8: dead

Answer 23

Beneath my genuine eyes
Hate and smite lies
For joy, I not knoweth of
Is a mile away

Answer 24

i did but what does all of those aabca things mean

Answer 25

a rhymes with a
b rhymes with b

Answer 26

Done and won rhyme so they are aa
Nothing else rhymes with that so we move on to b

Answer 27

Eyes and lies are our first rhyme

So they're AA

Answer 28

Of is B, it's alone
Away is C

Answer 29

The rhyme scheme of my poem is AABC

Answer 30

If you understand my example

Answer 31

line 1: done <= first one is a
line 2: won <= rhymes with the first = a
line 3: exulting <= does not rhyme with first = b
line 4: daring <= rhymes with the b from before = b
line 5: heart!
line 6: red
line 7: lies
line 8: dead

Answer 32

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