JAMB - Literature In English (2019 - No. 10)
Use the extract below to answer questions
Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold
Line 2: A rainbow in the sky
Line 3: so was it when my life began
Line 4: so is it now
Line 5: so is it when I have grown
Line 6: the child is the father of the man.
The rhyme scheme of the poem is_________
acbcca
abccdc
abcdcc
abacbc
Explanation
Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold (a)
Line 2: A rainbow in the sky (b)
Line 3: so was it when my life began (c)
Line 4: so is it now (d)
Line 5: so is it when I have grown (c)
Line 6: the child is the father of the man (c)
The rhyme scheme is abcdcc
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