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WAEC SSCE - Literature In English - 1998 (Objective)

Question 1 Report

Read the extract below and answer the question.

That age is best which is the first
When youth and blood are warmer
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Times still succeed the former.

The rhyme scheme is known as
Answer Details
The rhyme scheme in the given extract is 'abab'. This means that the last words of the first and third lines rhyme with each other, and the last words of the second and fourth lines rhyme with each other. In this case, "first" and "worst" rhyme with each other, and "warmer" and "former" rhyme with each other.
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