Question

My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun,

Coral is far more red than her lips’ red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.

In the first lines from Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare, what is the rhyme scheme?

cdcd

ghgh

efef

abab

Answer 1

The rhyme scheme is

abab

Answer 2

In the first lines from Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare, the rhyme scheme is abab.

Step-by-step explanation:

The sonnets written by Shakespeare have three quatrains and a couplet. The rhyme scheme of the sonnet is abab cdcd efef gg. The sonnets have been written in iambic pentameter. After the third quatrain, a volta appears which shows a turn or change of thought in the sonnet.