Douglass
by Paul Laurence Dunbar

Ah, Douglass, we have fall'n on evil days,
Such days as thou, not even thou didst know,
When thee, the eyes of that harsh long ago
Saw, salient, at the cross of devious ways,
And all the country heard thee with amaze.
Not ended then, the passionate ebb and flow.
The awful tide that battled to and fro;
We ride amid a tempest of dispraise.

Richard Bone
by Edgar Lee Masters

When I first came to Spoon River
I did not know whether what they told me
Was true or false.
They would bring me the epitaph
And stand around the shop while I worked
And say "He was so kind," "He was wonderful,"
"She was the sweetest woman," "He was a constant Christian."
And I chiseled for them whatever they wished,
All in ignorance of its truth.
But later, as I lived among the people here,
I knew how near to life
Were the epitaphs that were ordered for them as they died.

Select the correct answer.

What rhyme schemes are used in the poems “Douglass” and “Richard Bone,” respectively?

A. The poems “Douglass” and “Richard Bone” both follow an abbaabba rhyme scheme.

B. The poem “Douglass” follows an abbaabba rhyme scheme, and the poem “Richard Bone” is composed in free verse.
C. The poem “Douglass” follows an abcbabcb rhyme scheme, and the poem “Richard Bone” is composed in free verse.
D. The poems “Douglass” and “Richard Bone” are both composed in free verse.