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QuizMultiple Choice

8.7: Analyzing Different Interpretations of a Sonnet

Question 5 • MO-English Language Arts 10 A-CR

What is a couplet, in the context of a Shakespearean sonnet?

Answer
A
the final two lines
B
any two lines that rhyme
C
two adjacent syllables in which the first syllable is stressed
D
two adjacent syllables in which the second syllable is stressed

Explanation

A Shakespearean sonnet has 14 lines, with three quatrains followed by a rhyming couplet at the end. A couplet is therefore the final two lines, which rhyme with each other. Choice B is too broad: two rhyming lines elsewhere in the poem are not necessarily the sonnet’s concluding couplet.

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