Identify the rhyme scheme in lines 5 - 8.
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My tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky;
Its time to take the window to see Leerie going by;
For every night at tea time and before you take your seat,
With lantern and with ladder he comes posting up the street.
Now Tom would be a driver and Maria may go to the sea;
And my papa’s a banker and as rich as he can be;
But I, when I’m stronger and choose what I’m to do,
O Leerie, I’ll go around at night and light the lamps with you
For we are very lucky, with a lamp before the door;
And Leerie stops to light it as he lights so many more;
And O ! Before you hurry by with ladder and with light,
O Leerie, see a little child and nod to him tonight !
Identify the rhyme scheme in lines 5 - 8.
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Correct answer: (B) aabb
Explanation
Lines 5–8 end in sea / be / do / you: the first two rhyme with each other and the last two rhyme with each other, giving aabb.