Question

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,

And often is his gold complexion dimm'd,
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course untrimm'd:

Which is the correct rhyme scheme for this stanza?

aabb
abcd
abab
abcc

Answer 1

I’d go with abab... the letters represent rhymes I believe so if you check which words rhyme:

Line 1– “shines”
Line 2– “dimmed”
Line 3– “declines”
Line 4– “untrimmed”

Lines 1 & 3 rhyme, and lines 2 & 4 rhyme. So if each sound / rhyme is a letter, the things that are/rhyme with “shines” would be a, the things that are/rhyme with “dimmed” would be b; then the lines would go:

1- a
2- b
3- a
4- b

Not an expert at this sort of stuff but I think this is right, hope this helps :)

Answer 2

C. abab

Step-by-step explanation:

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, (A)

And often is his gold complexion dimm'd, (B)

And every fair from fair sometime declines, (A)

By chance, or nature's changing course untrimm'd (B)

Good luck!!