Read the excerpt from "If" by Rudyard Kipling.
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"
Which rhyme scheme is used in this excerpt?
A. A A B A A B A A
B. A A B B C C D D
C. A B A C A D A B
please help me, I dont really understand.
I don’t see the right choice there. The rhyme scheme here is this:
ABABCDCD
winnings
loss
beginnings
loss
sinew
gone
you
on
this is point less :,D
oh and ty your correct
The answer is ABABCDCD it is correct on eedgenuity.
Hmm, let me see if I can help you understand. Rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line in a poem. Looking at the excerpt, let's break it down:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings - A
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, - A
And lose, and start again at your beginnings - B
And never breathe a word about your loss; - A
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew - A
To serve your turn long after they are gone, - B
And so hold on when there is nothing in you - A
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!" - B
So, looking at the rhyme endings, we see the pattern AABA ABBA. Therefore, the correct answer is C - A B A C A D A B. Hope that clears things up for you!
To determine the rhyme scheme in a poem, you need to look for patterns in the end sounds of the lines. Each unique sound is assigned a different letter of the alphabet. Let's analyze the given excerpt to identify the rhyme scheme.
If you can make one heap of all your winnings - A
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, - B
And lose, and start again at your beginnings - A
And never breathe a word about your loss; - A
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew - A
To serve your turn long after they are gone, - B
And so hold on when there is nothing in you - A
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!" - A
Based on the analysis, the rhyme scheme for this excerpt is AABB.
Therefore, the correct answer is B. AABB.