Question

Select all of the following elements that characterize a poem as a Shakespearean Sonnet:

a)A rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg

b)11 or 7 syllables per line

c)A rhyme scheme of abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdcdcd

d)The three quatrains express relates ideas, and the couplet (volta) sums up the poet’s conclusion or message

e)Three four-line stanzas, or groups of lines, called quatrains followed by a concluding two-line stanza called a couplet

f)10 syllables per line in Iambic Pentameter

Answer 1

1. 10 syllables per line in Iambic Pentameter

Lambic pentameter is must.

1. A rhyme scheme of ababcdcdefefgg
2. Three four-line stanzas, or groups of lines, called quatrains followed by a concluding two-line stanza called a couplet

Usually couplets followed backwards

Option A,E,F are correct

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

The following elements that characterize a poem as a Shakespearean Sonnet:

a) A rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg

d)The three quatrains express relates ideas, and the couplet (volta) sums up the poet’s conclusion or message

e)Three four-line stanzas, or groups of lines, called quatrains followed by a concluding two-line stanza called a couplet

f) 10 syllables per line in Iambic Pentameter