rhyme scheme?

Question

Is it too strange to think
That, when all life at last from earth is gone,
And round the sun’s pale blink
Our desolate planet wheels its ice and stone,
Housed among storm-proof walls there yet may abide,
Defying long the venoms of decay,
A still dark throng of books, dumb books of song
And tenderest fancies born of youth and May?

Would this be ABABCDED (approximate rhyme)?

(gone and stone are approximate rhyme)

Answer 1

You are right. Gone and stone are sight or eye rhymes, like love and prove. Song is thrown in but does not rhyme anything else. This is an almost-half sonnet...sort of. I like it though.

Answer 2

Well, since "gone" and "stone" do not rhyme, then the rhyme scheme is off. So, I am guessing that the actual rhyme scheme would be ABACDEFE. If this poem was written a long time ago, then I guess they would pronounce "gone" to rhyme with "stone." If this is the case, then ABABCDED would be correct in that time. But, today, the rhyme scheme would be ABACDEFE. It all depends on which time period is being talked about.

Answer 3

"Gone" and "stone" are near rhymes or slant rhymes, so for purposes of describing the rhyme scheme, you can regard them as rhyming words. "Abide" and "song" don't rhyme with any other end words in the poem. One convention is to use "X" to indicate unrhymed lines in a rhyming poem. So you could say that the rhyme scheme is ABABXCXC.

Answer 4

That's correct, though gone and stone aren't perfect rhymes.

Answer 5

To compose rhyme... one of two or more words should be corresponding in sound.

Answer 6

Yes. However, if you wrote it, I'd suggest changing the 'E' line to a 'C'. If you didn't- pretend I said nothing. xD