Read these lines from "the monk's tale." he had a son, belshazzar was his name, who held the throne after his father's day, but took no warning from him all the same, proud in his death and proud in his display, what is the rhyme scheme of the lines? a. abcd b. abac c. abab d. abca

The rhyme scheme of the lines is ABAB. Option C is correct.

Rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyme that appears at the end of each verse or line in poetry. Several poems are written in free verse style. Some other poems have non-rhyming structures, paying attention only to the number of syllables.

There exist a number of rhyme schemes employed in poetry and one on them is the alternate rhyme also known as ABAB rhyme scheme, it rhymes as “ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH.”