Question

How happy some o'er other some can be!

Through Athens I am thought as fair as she,

But what of that? Demetrius thinks not so;

He will not know what all but he do know.

What poetic devices does Shakespeare use in these lines? Select all that apply. A. They are prose.
B. They are blank verse.
C. They are rhyming couplets
D. They are in iambic pentameter.

Answer 1

C. They are rhyming couplets  

D. They are in iambic pentameter.

These are the only two options that are correct. The lines are written in rhyming couplets since the words "be" and "she" rhyme as well as "so" and "know". Each line has 10 syllables and is written in iambic pentameter. Because of these specific structural elements, the lines are not written in prose or in blank verse.