in "i am offering this poem" what is the rhyme scheme of stanza 1
I Am Offering This Poem
I am offering this poem to you,
since I have nothing else to give.
Keep it like a warm coat,
when winter comes to cover you,
or like a pair of thick socks
the cold cannot bite through,
I love you,
a, b, c, a, d, a, a
To determine the rhyme scheme of a poem, you should closely examine the end words of each line in the stanza. The rhyme scheme is represented by assigning a different letter to each unique rhyme sound.
Let's analyze the first stanza of the poem "i am offering this poem" by Jimmy Santiago Baca to determine the rhyme scheme:
I am offering this poem - A
to you, since I have nothing else - B
to give. - C
Keep it like a warm coat - D
when winter comes to cover you, - E
or like a pair of thick socks - F
the cold cannot bite through, - E
I love you, - G
I have nothing else to give you, - H
so it is a pot full of yellow corn - I
to warm your belly in the winter, - J
it is a scarf for your head, - K
Based on this analysis, the rhyme scheme of the first stanza of "i am offering this poem" is: A, B, C, D, E, F, E, G, H, I, J, K.
Note that the end word of each line is represented by a different letter of the alphabet to signify the rhyme sound. The lines with the same letter at the end indicate that those lines rhyme with each other.