Question

Is the rhyme scheme “abab” 2 stanzas or 4 stanzas?

Answer 1

Hint:
-It's usually linked to four lines.
-The rhyme scheme consists of shared vocal sounds or consonants.
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "The Psalm of Life" is an example of the "abab" rhyme scheme.

Complete answer:
A rhyme pattern is a pattern of sounds that repeats at the end of a line or a stanza. Rhyme schemes may change line by line, stanza by stanza, or may continue throughout a poem. Poems with rhyme patterns are generally written in a formal verse with a strict metre: a pattern of stressful and unstressed syllables.

Patterns of rhyme schemes are formatted in different ways. The patterns are encoded by the alphabet letters. Lines that have been identified with the same letter rhyme. For example, the rhyme scheme ABAB means the first and third lines of the stanza, or the "A"s, rhymes with each other, and the second line rhymes with the fourth line, or the "B" rhymes together.

In an alternate rhyme, the first and third lines rhyme at the end, and the second and fourth lines rhyme at the end, following the ABAB pattern for each stanza. This rhyme scheme is used for four-line poems. Thus, the "abab" rhyme scheme exists for four lines. The scheme can go on for more than just a stanza.

Note:
i) Shakespeare's sonnet is a 14-line poem that includes three, four-line stanzas and a final couplet. The sonnet follows the ABAB CDCD EFEF GG rhyme scheme.
ii) A ballad is a lyrical poem that follows the ABABBCBC rhyme scheme.
iii) A coupled rhyme is a two-line stanza that rhymes under the AA BB CC rhyme scheme, or a similar dual rhyme scheme.