What is the rhyme scheme of "A Farewell" by Charles Kingsley?

My fairest child, I have no song to give you;

No lark could pipe to skies so dull and gray;

Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave you

For every day.

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever;

Do noble things, not dream them all day long:

And so make life, death, and that vast forever

One grand, sweet song.

A. abab, dcbc

B. abab, cdcd

C. abcb, cbcb

D. abbc, bcca

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Madyson Fleming

7 October, 03:14

What is the rhyme scheme of "A Farewell" by Charles Kingsley?

My fairest child, I have no song to give you;

No lark could pipe to skies so dull and gray;

Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave you

For every day.

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever;

Do noble things, not dream them all day long:

And so make life, death, and that vast forever

One grand, sweet song.

A. abab, dcbc

B. abab, cdcd

C. abcb, cbcb

D. abbc, bcca

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Elena Marquez · Answer 1

The scheme of this poem is C

abcb, cbcb

In the first paragraph the first three ending words do not rhyme, while the last line rhymes with the second.