Read the following lines from "The Divine Comedy."
And as I faced it, it would not retreat, but paced before me and so blocked my way that more than once I had to turn my feet to retrace my steps. It was the break of day, the sun was mounting in the morning sky with the same starts as when that whole array of lovely things was first given movement by divine love. The sweet season of the year and the hour made me think that I might try Which of the following rhyme schemes has the writer used to create poetic structure? (1 point)
Responses:
1.) aab bbc ccd
2.) aba bcb cdc
3.) abb bcc cdd
4.) abc bcd cde
The correct answer is 2.) aba bcb cdc.
The rhyme scheme used in the given lines from "The Divine Comedy" is option 3) abb bcc cdd.
To determine the rhyme scheme in the given lines from "The Divine Comedy," we can analyze the end words of each line and assign letters to represent their rhyme sounds.
The given lines are as follows:
"And as I faced it, it would not retreat, but paced before me and so blocked my way
that more than once I had to turn my feet to retrace my steps.
It was the break of day, the sun was mounting in the morning sky
with the same starts as when that whole array of lovely things was first given movement by divine love.
The sweet season of the year and the hour made me think that I might try"
Assigning letters to represent the rhyme sounds, we can categorize the lines as follows:
Lines 1-4: way - steps - sky - love -> A
Lines 5-8: year - try -> B
Lines 9-12: retreat - feet - array - sweet -> C
Lines 13-16: day - starts - things - hour -> D
Based on this analysis, we can see that the given rhyme scheme is: ABAB CDCD.
Therefore, the correct answer is 2.) aba bcb cdc.