What rhyme scheme does Robert Frost use in his poem "The Road Not Taken".
Do you know how rhyme schemes are indicated?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyme_scheme
Let us know what you think about the rhyme scheme Frost used.
ABAAB
Yes, that is right for the first stanza.
For the following stanzas, the pattern is the same, but you use different letters.
ABAAB CDCCD EFEEF etc.
How will you finish it?
GHGGH
Perfect!!
To determine the rhyme scheme of a poem, you need to look at the pattern of end rhymes in each stanza. In the case of Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken," the rhyme scheme is as follows:
- Stanza 1: ABAAB
- Stanza 2: CDCDC
- Stanza 3: EFEFE
- Stanza 4: GHGHH
By analyzing the last word of each line, we can assign a letter to represent each rhyme sound. In this poem, "Taken" rhymes with "Sighing" in the first stanza (A), "Difference" with "Leads" in the second stanza (B), and so on.
Here's an example of how to find the rhyme scheme using the first stanza:
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood (A)
And sorry I could not travel both (B)
And be one traveler, long I stood (A)
And looked down one as far as I could (A)
To where it bent in the undergrowth (B)
As you can see, the last word of the first line (wood) rhymes with the last word of the third line (stood), forming an A rhyme sound. The second and fifth lines (both and undergrowth) have B rhyme sounds. Therefore, the rhyme scheme for the first stanza is ABAAB.
By applying the same process to the subsequent stanzas, you can determine the complete rhyme scheme.