Which best identifies the rhyme scheme of this stanza? The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees, The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas, The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, And the highwayman came riding— Riding—riding— The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door. a a b b b a a a b c c b c c b a a b a a b a a b

aabccb

Explanation:

When determining the rhyme scheme of a poem, you need to look at the poem in its original form:

The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees,

The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,

The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,

And the highwayman came riding—

Riding—riding—

The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.

In poetry, a rhyme is the repetition of similar sounds in the endings of the last words of different lines. That's why we need to pay attention to the way each line ends. The words that rhyme here are:

Each rhyme is marked with a different letter. That's why the first two lines will be aa, the third and sixth bb, and the fourth and fifth cc. That leaves us with this scheme: aabccb

cassius, casca, and their allies plant false documents to manipulate brutus to join their cause to remove caesar. after doing so, they visit brutus at night in his home to persuade him of their views. there they plan caesar's death. brutus is troubled but refuses to confide in his devoted wife, portia. on 15 march, caesar's wife, calpurnia, urges him not to go to the senate. she has had visionary dreams and fears the portents of the overnight storms.