Rhyme Scheme Mastery Quiz

What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem? Roses are red, Violets are blue, Sugar is sweet, And so are you.

• ABAB

• AABB

• ABCA

• ABBA

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Identify the rhyme scheme of this poem: The cat sat on the mat, Eating a fat rat. The bat flew by, Under the night sky.

• AABB

• ABAB

• ABCB

• ABBA

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Determine the rhyme scheme of the following lines: He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree, And stood awhile in thought.

• ABAB

• AABB

• ABCB

• ABBA

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the rhyme scheme of this poem? Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky.

• ABAB

• AABB

• ABCA

• ABBA

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Identify the rhyme scheme of the following: The wind blew hard, the boat did rock, The cold pierced through my summer sock. The waves crashed onto the sandy bay, The stormy night turned the sky to grey.

• ABAB

• AABB

• ABCB

• ABBA

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the rhyme scheme of this poem? Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore— While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.

• AABA

• ABAB

• AABB

• ABCB

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

Determine the rhyme scheme of the following lines: The sky is clear, the stars are bright, The wind is cool, not a shadow in sight. My mind is calm, my heart is light, The perfect moment, nothing to fight.

• ABAB

• AABB

• ABCA

• ABBA

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Identify the rhyme scheme of this poem: Fire and ice, both are nice, Learning to use them, is the advice. With power comes responsibility, To use them wisely, is the ability.

• ABAB

• AABB

• ABCB

• ABBA

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem? The moon shines bright in such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees, And they did make no noise, in such a night, Troilus methinks mounted the Troyan walls, And sighed his soul toward the Grecian tents, Where Cressid lay that night.

• ABABCC

• AABCCB

• ABCABC

• ABCCBA

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Determine the rhyme scheme of the following lines: Life is but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.

• ABABB

• AABBA

• ABCDE

• ABBCA

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5