what is the rhyme scheme in how doth the little crocodile ?
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A,B,A,B
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A,B,A,B -- first stanza
C,D,C,D -- second stanza
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To determine the rhyme scheme in the poem "How Doth the Little Crocodile" by Lewis Carroll, we need to identify the pattern of rhyming sounds at the end of each line.
Let's take a look at the poem:
How doth the little crocodile
Improve his shining tail,
And pour the waters of the Nile
On every golden scale!
How cheerfully he seems to grin,
How neatly spreads his claws,
And welcomes little fishes in,
With gently smiling jaws!
Analyzing the poem, we can assign a different letter of the alphabet to each new sound at the end of a line. For example, we can assign "A" to lines that end in the sound "crocodile," "tail," "smile," and "jaws." We can assign "B" to lines that end in the sound "scale" and "claws."
Using this method, we can see that the rhyme scheme for this poem is AABB. Each line ending in "crocodile" rhymes with another line ending in "tail," and each line ending in "scale" rhymes with another line ending in "claws."
Therefore, the rhyme scheme of "How Doth the Little Crocodile" is AABB.