What is the rhyme scheme in this excerpt from Longfellow's, "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls?"

The tide rises, the tide falls,

The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;

Along the sea-sands damp and brown

The traveler hastens toward the town,

And the tide rises, the tide falls.

A) aabba

b) ababa

c) abaca

d) abcca

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Christine Sullivan

20 January, 20:48

What is the rhyme scheme in this excerpt from Longfellow's, "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls?"

The tide rises, the tide falls,

The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;

Along the sea-sands damp and brown

The traveler hastens toward the town,

And the tide rises, the tide falls.

A) aabba

b) ababa

c) abaca

d) abcca

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The rhyme scheme in this excerpt from Longfellow's "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls" is A. aabba.

A stands for the words falls, calls, and in the end, falls again. B stands for brown and town, which rhyme as well. There is no C in the rhyme, because there are only two sounds that rhyme, the first, second, and last line sound the same, and the third and fourth line also sound the same.