Question

Which statements describe the last two lines of a Shakespearean sonnet? Select three options.

Answer 1

The answers are:

They are referred to as a couplet.

They rhyme with each other.

They change the sonnet’s rhythmic pattern.

Shakespearean sonnet style is formed by fourteen lines, the first twelve are divided in three quatrains, is here where the author stablishes the theme or problem and then it is resolved in the last two lines that are called a couplet, this lines are the only ones that rhyme with each other and the rhyme scheme for these lines is GG while for the quatrains is ABAB CDCD changing the sonnet rhythmic pattern.

Answer 2

The las two lines of Shakespeare sonnets can be described according to this three statements:

-They are referred to as a couplet: two consecutve rhyming lines.

-They rhyme with each other (though this is not always the case).

-They change the sonnet´s rhythmic pattern: a Shakespearean sonnet has 14 lines. The first 12 are divided into 3 quatrains, of 4 lines each were the topic and problem are established. The rhyme scheme is abab cdcd efef. This is solved in the last two lines, where the rhyming scheme is gg.

For example:

When I / do COUNT / the CLOCK / that TELLS / the TIME (Sonnet 12)

When IN / dis GRACE / with FOR / tune AND / men's EYES

I ALL / a LONE / be WEEP / my OUT/ cast STATE (Sonnet 29)

Shall I / com PARE/ thee TO / a SUM / mer's DAY?  

Thou ART / more LOVE / ly AND / more TEM / per ATE (Sonnet 18)