What rhyme scheme is used in this excerpt from the poem "to lucasta, going to the wars" by richard lovelace?

true, a new mistress now i chase,
the first foe in the field;
and with a stronger faith embrace
a sword, a horse, a shield.

yet this inconstancy is such,
as you too shall adore;
i could not love thee, dear, so much,
loved i not honour more

The answer is b ) abab cdcd.

In poetry, letters such as a, b, c, etc. are assigned to represent the rhyme that occurs at the end of a line. When you see the first rhyme pair, you’d label that one ‘a’ since that is the first rhyme. The second rhyme pair would be labeled ‘b,’ and so on...

Let’s take a look at the first quatrain from Richard Lovelace's "To Lucasta, Going to the Wars," and please be sure to read it aloud, so you can clearly hear the rhyme.

True, a new mistress now I chase,

The first foe in the field;

And with a stronger faith embrace

A sword, a horse, a shield.

Okay, so when reading this aloud, we can clearly hear that the first rhymes that occur in the excerpt are in line one and line three. Both last words in the line seem to end with a sort of ‘ace’ sound. This brings both the words “chase” and “embrace” to rhyme. So, since that’s our first rhyme, we’ll label both those lines with the letter ‘a.'

True, a new mistress now I chase, {a}

The first foe in the field;

And with a stronger faith embrace   {a}

A sword, a horse, a shield.

Now, if you could please, once again, read the first quatrain so we could try to hear a second rhyme pair.

Again, you can clearly hear another rhyme going on between lines two and four. Both end words in the line end with a sort of “-ield” sound. So, since this is the second rhyme we have located, we’ll label those lines with the letter ‘b.'

True, a new mistress now I chase, {a}

The first foe in the field; {b}

And with a stronger faith embrace {a}

A sword, a horse, a shield. {b}

This proves the rhyme scheme for the first quatrain to be abab. But, there is another quatrain in the excerpt provided, so let’s take a look at that one now. Please read the second quatrain aloud so you can clearly detect the rhyming used.

Yet this inconstancy is such,

As you too shall adore;

I could not love thee, Dear, so much,

Loved I not honour more

Now, you can hear a rhyme going on with the end words in lines one and three in this quatrain. The rhyming comes from both the words “such” and “much.” As they both end with the sounds of “-uch.” It is important to remember that since these end rhymes are completely different from the first two in the first quatrain, this rhyme pair will be labeled with the next letter in the alphabet. That letter is ‘c.'

Yet this inconstancy is such, {c}

As you too shall adore;

I could not love thee, Dear, so much, {c}

Loved I not honour more

And now when reading the quatrain aloud we can tell that there is another rhyme with between the words “adore” and “more.” As they both end with the sounds of “-ore.” Again, these rhymes are totally different from the first three we have detected so these will be labeled with the letter ‘d.'

Yet this inconstancy is such, {c}

As you too shall adore; {d}

I could not love thee, Dear, so much, {c}

Loved I not honour more {d}

Since we have covered all the lines from both the quatrains, we have detected all our rhyme schemes.

So, our final rhyme scheme would be b ) abab cdcd.

- Marlon Nunez

everyday, people all over the world are making sacrifices; all for different reasons. some people may choose to do more simple sacrifices, like, "my daughter is receiving an award at school, but i also have an appointment, so i will decide to cancel that appointment to be there with my daughter" although she is cancelling her appointment, she can easily reschedule it, and spend her time with nore important thungs in life: being there with her daughter. this will make her daughter happy too because she is recieveing an award for her hard work, and it brings us happiness when our hard work is noticed and appreciated.

on the other hand, some people dont know when to make a sacrifice, ir bow to make one. well, making a sacrifice is when you do something for someone else other than yourself, for someone else's happiness, not so you can gain something in return. you do it for them, not for you. so, anyone can make a sacrifice, even the most simplest ones, like giving up the tv for a sibling or a sibling with homework, when you could be doing something else. the point is to others, when you can be doing something else. you do it out of the fact that you want to them, not so that it can benefit you.

making sacrifices benefit people in many ways, it can bring a smile to there face knowing someone is willing to and bring kindess. alot of people tend to feel unwanted and that no one is there for them, but if we show kindess and sacrifice the less importnat things in life for the most important things in life, people will once again feel happiness and more at ease knowing that someone is or was there for them, even if it be only once.

hope this , and let me know if there are any typos, it's hard typing on a phone : )