Read the stanza from “the charge of the light brigade: ”
“forward, the light brigade! ”
was there a man dismayed?
not though the soldier knew
someone had blundered.
theirs not to make reply,
theirs not to reason why,
theirs but to do and die.
into the valley of death
rode the six hundred.
what is the rhyme scheme in this stanza?

a- read the stanza from “the charge of the light brigade: ”
“forward, the light brigade! ”
was there a man dismayed?
not though the soldier knew
someone had blundered.
theirs not to make reply,
theirs not to reason why,
theirs but to do and die.
into the valley of death
rode the six hundred.
what is the rhyme scheme in this stanza?

a-abbccddec
b-aabbddeec
c-abbcddeec
d-aabcdddec

The correct option is the last one, letter D- AABCDDDEC

Explanation:

As we know, rhyme is a correspondence of sounds in the endings of words. In a simpler definition, rhyme happens when words have the same final sound. To determine the rhyme scheme in a poem, all we need to do is look at the last word of each line. We then attribute a letter to represent the final sound of that word. The first final word of the first line is always represented by the letter A. Therefore,

Forward, the Light Brigade! A

From there on, every new final sound that appears receives a new letter according to the alphabetic sequence (B, C, D etc.) If a sound is repeated, it receives the same letter as was previously used. Notice how it happens:

Forward, the Light Brigade!” A

Was there a man dismayed? A

Even though spelled differently, brigade and dismayed end with the same sound and, thus, are attributed the same letter. With those instructions in mind, we can easily determine the rhyme scheme of the whole stanza:

“Forward, the Light Brigade!”  A

Was there a man dismayed?  A

Not though the soldier knew  B

Someone had blundered.  C

Theirs not to make reply,  D

Theirs not to reason why,  D

Theirs but to do and die.  D

Into the valley of Death  E

Rode the six hundred. C

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

banquo is a great foil