Which phrase could not be the verb of a simple sentence?
a.
laughed and coughed
b.
did sit
c.
a container and a lid
d.
were being

What is the rhyme scheme in this excerpt from longfellow's, "the tide rises, the tide falls? " (10 points) the tide rises, the tide falls, the twilight darkens, the curlew calls; along the sea-sands damp and brown the traveler hastens toward the town, and the tide rises, the tide falls.