Question

Label the rhyme scheme of the poem, beginning with a.

XXV
A heavy heart, Beloved, have I borne
From year to year until I saw thy face,
And sorrow after sorrow took the place
Of all those natural joys as lightly worn
As the stringed pearls, each lifted in its turn 5
By a beating heart at dance-time. Hopes apace
Were changed to long despairs, till God's own grace
Could scarcely lift above the world forlorn
My heavy heart. Then thou didst bid me bring
And let it drop adown thy calmly great 10
Deep being! Fast it sinketh, as a thing
Which its own nature doth precipitate,
While thine doth close above it, mediating
Betwixt the stars and the unaccomplished fate.
—Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Answer 1

What do you know about rhyming schemes from your studies?

Answer 2

from what I understand of it each rhyming sound gets a letter?

Answer 3

Okay that's good so what do you think this rhyming scheme might be?

Answer 4

A heavy heart, Beloved, have I borne
a
From year to year until I saw thy face,
b
And sorrow after sorrow took the place
b
Of all those natural joys as lightly worn
a
As the stringed pearls, each lifted in its turn 5
a
By a beating heart at dance-time. Hopes apace
b
Were changed to long despairs, till God's own grace
b
Could scarcely lift above the world forlorn
a
My heavy heart. Then thou didst bid me bring
c
And let it drop adown thy calmly great 10
d
Deep being! Fast it sinketh, as a thing
c
Which its own nature doth precipitate,
d
While thine doth close above it, mediating
c
Betwixt the stars and the unaccomplished fate.
d
—Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Answer 5

Perfect so there's your answer!

Answer 6

really????

Answer 7

Yeah from the question you just needed to label the rhyming scheme of the poem.

Answer 8

sweet thanks for the help

Answer 9

No worries, always happy to help!