Question

What is a true statement about the way the Shakespearean sonnet is structured

Answer 1

Answer: The final couplet is a reversal of the ideas in the three quatrains.

Explanation: The option that is a true statement about the way the Shakespearean sonnet is structured is the final couplet is a reversal of the ideas in the three quatrains. The Shakespearean sonnet consists of fourteen lines divided into three parts. The first three parts are four lines long with a rhyme scheme ABAB. The fourth part is a couplet, two lines long with a rhyme schem CC. The three quatrains develop an idea and the final couplet is a reversal of the ideas in the three quatrains.

Answer 2

1 couplet

Rhyme Scheme:

abab

cdcd

efef

gg