Frost's sonnet differs from the traditional Shakespearean sonnet in rhyme scheme, formation of ideas, tone, and theme. ... the form is divided into three quatrains and a couplet. The rhyme scheme of the three quatrains is ABAB, and the last two lines of the couplet have the rhyme scheme CC. The last quatrain and the couplet of "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" ... Shakespeare's form develops a sequence of metaphors, or ideas in each quatrain and the couplet offers a summary of these ideas. ...

• Word Count: 1091
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

"The Tuft of Flowers- does have a strict rhyme scheme of AA, BB, and CC. The poem is organized in couplets, each of which contains a single thought. ... "The Tuft of Flowers "can accommodate a marked flexibility of speech within its rather unpromising form, the two-line rhyming couplet stanzas. ... While reading the poem the audience hears something like a song, especially because of the rhyme scheme of AA, BB, and CC. ... The poem also has two indications of internal rhyme in it, which occurs when the rhyming words appear in the same line of poetry, which is underlined in lines 39...

• Word Count: 1806
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

There also seems to be no rhyming scheme in this poem. Sometimes a rhyme occurs at every other line, sometimes at every fourth line, and sometimes in consecutive lines. Lines 28 and 29, for example, have an abrupt rhyming couplet, "overtired," and, "desired," that stand out against the more widely spaced rhymes in the other parts.  ...

• Word Count: 865
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School