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Writing a Shakespearean Sonnet — Quiz

Question 3 • Literature and Composition I

Read the incomplete quatrain. No one knows the dreams within my mind They vanish with the early light of dawn And leave no trace for meddlers to find Which line completes the quatrain’s “abab” rhyme scheme?

Answer
A
My stealthy brain is like a burial tomb
B
My stealthy brain is known to none but me
C
My mind’s a buried treasure on the beach
D
My mind’s a window with the curtains drawn

Explanation

In an “abab” rhyme scheme, the second and fourth lines rhyme, while the first and third lines rhyme. The second line ends with “dawn,” so the final line should end with a word that rhymes with it. “Drawn” rhymes with “dawn,” making “My mind’s a window with the curtains drawn” the correct choice.

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