Analyze the rhyme scheme in these lines from "Sonnet 18." But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st, Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st, So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. Which is the correct rhyme scheme?

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Ayden Fitzgerald

27 August, 05:20

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Cabrera · Answer 1

It's an alternate rhyme scheme or AB rhyme scheme. Notice how it alternates the rhyme every other line. Fade and shade, ow'st and grow'st.