Question

What rhyme schemes are used in the poems “Douglass” and “Richard Bone,” respectively?

-The poems “Douglass” and “Richard Bone” both follow an abbaabba rhyme scheme.

-The poem “Douglass” follows an abbaabba rhyme scheme, and the poem “Richard Bone” is composed in free verse.

-The poem “Douglass” follows an abcbabcb rhyme scheme, and the poem “Richard Bone” is composed in free verse.

-The poems “Douglass” and “Richard Bone” are both composed in free verse.

Answer 1

take one poem at a time. go through line by line, and look at the end word of each line.
for the first word, assign "a". if the next line rhymes with the first line, also assign that "a". if it doesn't rhyme, assign it "b". keep going, using repeated letters for repeated rhymes (all lines that rhyme with a should be marked a, same with b, etc.)

I'm not 100% sure but these may be the opening lines of "Douglass"? (please confirm with your assignment)

Ah, Douglass, we have fall'n on evil days,
Such days as thou, not even thou didst know,
When thee, the eyes of that harsh long ago
Saw, salient, at the cross of devious ways,

assign "days" as A. next line ends with "know" which is a new rhyme (B). next line ends with "ago" which rhymes with "know", so we assign this line as B.