Question

Read this excerpt from “Sea Fever” by John Masefield. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;
And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking.

Options for answers are
A.abab
B.aabb
C.abba
D.abac

Answer 1

Answer:aabb

Explanation:sky, by=aa shaking, breaking= bb

Answer 2

AABB

Step-by-step explanation:

Sky and By rhyme which is AA which means it's the first and second line rhyme.

Shaking and Breaking rhyme which is BB with the third and fourth rhyming.