Directions : Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct/most appropriate option. Love came to Flora asking for a flower ---- 1 That would of flowers be undisputed queen, The lily and the rose, long, long had been Rivals for that high honor. Bards of power Had sung their claims. 'The rose can never tower ---- 5 Like the pale lily with her Juno mien' – 'But is the lily lovelier ?' Thus between Flower-factions rang the strife in Psyche's bower. 'Give me a flower delicious as the rose And stately as the lily in her pride' – ---- 10 'But of what colour ?' – 'Rose-red', Love first chose, Then prayed, 'No, lily-white – or, both provide;' And Flora gave the lotus, 'rose-red' dyed, And 'lily-white', the queenliest flower that blows. Identify the rhyme scheme in lines 1 – 4.
The rhyme scheme of a poem refers to the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line. To identify the rhyme scheme, we assign a letter to each line, starting with 'a' for the first line, and then use the same letter for lines that rhyme with each other. Let's analyze the rhyme scheme for lines 1 to 4 of the given extract: 1. Love came to Flora asking…Read More
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