The rhyme scheme of the first stanza is ab, ab- (numbers rhyme with slumbers and dream, with rhyme)
In the second stanza earnest rhymes with returnest and goal with soul hence the rhyme scheme is ab, ab.
Now, write the rhyme scheme of the other stanzas.
In the third stanza, the word ‘sorrow’ rhymes with ‘morrow’ and the word “way” with “to-day”. Hence the rhyme scheme is ab, ab.
In the fourth stanza, the word “fleeting” rhymes with “beating”. The word “brave” also rhymes with the word “grave”. Hence the rhyme scheme is ab, ab again.
In the fifth stanza, the word “battle” rhymes with “cattle” and the word “life” is made to rhyme with “strife”. The rhyme scheme is the same as above – ab, ab.
In the sixth stanza, the word “pleasant” rhymes with “present” and the word “dead” is rhyming with “o’erhead”. Hence the rhyme scheme followed is ab,ab again.
In the seventh stanza, the words “remind us” and “behind us” are rhyming, and so are “sublime” and “time”. The rhyme scheme here is ab, ab again.
The eighth stanza has the rhyming words “another” and “brother”, and “main” and “again”, with the rhyme scheme ab,ab.
The last stanza of the poem has the words “doing” and “pursuing” that rhyme with each other, as well as the words “fate” and “wait”. The rhyme scheme followed is ab, ab.
Hence, all the stanzas of the poem follow the rhyme scheme of ab, ab.
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