Read the excerpt from "an irish airman foresees his death." i know that i shall meet my fate somewhere among the clouds above; those that i fight i do not hate those that i guard i do not love; my country is kiltartan cross, my countrymen kiltartan's poor, no likely end could bring them loss or leave them happier than before. the excerpt's rhyme scheme is ababcdcd. abbacddc. abcdabcd. aabbccdd.

ababcdcd

Explanation:

The rhyme scheme is how the author organize the ending sounds of each line in the poem, to analyze the rhyme scheme you can use the following exercise:

The correct answer is A.

Explanation:

The rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyme that comes at the end of each verse or line in poetry.

In this poem, the last words of the first and third line, fate and hate, rhyme with each other; while the end of the second and the fourth, above and love, also rhyme. This creates an abab pattern.

The same formula is appiled on the following four lines. However, since the rhyming sounds are not the same as a or b, they create a different pattern: cdcd.

Thus, the rhyme scheme of this excerpt would be ababcdcd.