what is the ryhme scheme in "How Doth the Little Crocodile"?Its a short story?

Question

I dont know how the ryhem scheme thing works


A. AABB CCDD
B. ABBA ABBA
C. ABAB ABAB
D. ABAB CDCD

Answer 1

Ok I'm always just giving answers, now you're going to learn something. You go down line by line giving the last word a letter, start with A. Then when 2 lines rhyme you give them the same letter. The answer is D) ABAB CDCD here is why:

1"How doth the little crocodile A
2 Improve his shining tail, B
3And pour the waters of the Nile A
4 On every golden scale! B

5How cheerfully he seems to grin, C
6 How neatly spreads his claws, D
7And welcomes little fishes in C
8 With gently smiling jaws!" D