ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Ans: Jane Taylor’s poem “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” has five stanzas and uses a straightforward rhyme pattern of AABB CCDD and subsequent end sounds. Lines three and four of the last stanza conclude with the same final consonants as the first: “are” and “star."

Detailed explanation-2: -Definition. Rhyme scheme is a poet’s deliberate pattern of lines that rhyme with other lines in a poem or a stanza. The rhyme scheme, or pattern, can be identified by giving end words that rhyme with each other the same letter.

Detailed explanation-3: -One type of poem that has an ABAB rhyme scheme is the Shakespearean sonnet. One such example is Sonnet 18, “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day.” “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate.