Question

"An Omnibus across the bridge Crawls like a yellow butterfly And, here and there, a passer-by Shows like a little restless midge" What is the rhyme scheme of this Stanza?

• A. aaàb
• B. aabb
• C. abba
• D. abab

Answer 1

Answer:

C. abba

To determine the rhyme scheme, look at the end word of each line:

• Line 1: bridge (a)

• Line 2: butterfly (b)

• Line 3: passer-by (b — rhymes with butterfly)

• Line 4: midge (a — rhymes with bridge)

Matching the end sounds yields the pattern a-b-b-a.

Note: This stanza is from the poem "Symphony in Yellow" by Oscar Wilde.