Which choice matches the rhyme scheme of this stanza from "the walrus and the carpenter"? the walrus and the carpenter were walking close at hand; they wept like anything to see such quantities of sand. "if this were only cleared away," they said, "it would be grand! " 1.) aabaab 2.) abcabc 3.) abcbdb 4.) ababab

The choice matches the rhyme scheme of this stanza from "The Walrus and the Carpenter" is ABCBDB

Explanation:

The rhyme scheme in "The Walrus and the Carpenter" by Lewis Carroll goes ABCBDB, this will be:

The Walrus and the Carpenter (A)

Were walking close at hand; (B)

They wept like anything to see (C)

Such quantities of sand. (B)

"If this were only cleared away,"(D)

They said, "it would be grand!"(B)

This refers to the rhyme at the end of each line, having four different sounds in the end of each line, and being just the sound in the lines (B) that one that is constantly repeated, as hand, sand, and grand have the same phonetic sound while Carpenter, see, and away are totally individual.

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