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Rhyme Scheme and Rhythm in a Sonnet by William Shakespeare

Question 4 • MA-English Language Arts 9

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May

Answer

A

Five, because an iamb is a stressed syllable that is emphasized.

B

Five, because an iamb is an unstressed syllable and a stressed syllable.

C

Nine, because an iamb is the number of words found within a line of poetry.

D

Ten, because an iamb is a count of the individual syllables in a poetic line.

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