The statements that apply about William Shakespeare’s sonnets are:
1. It consists of three quatrains and a couplet unlike the Italian division of an octave and a sestet.
The meter is predominantly Iambic pentameter with each sonnet line consisting of ten syllables.
2. They often present a problem and a solution. Shakespeare usually presents a problem in the first octet (8 lines) and a solution in the sestet (6 lines) with a volta (a turn) in line 9 which transitions from problem to solution.
3. They were originally written in Italian. The sonnet form originated in Italy and was popularised by Italian masters like Petrarch, Dante and Michelangelo.
4. They frequently focus upon love and romance. Originally used as a medium to express love, Shakespeare’s sonnets went on to explore different themes like friendship, passage of time, beauty and mortality.
Answer:
Seeming powerless
Caught in a trap
Explanation:
According to Stephen Crane's naturalist story, 'The Open Boat', the term that is repeated, "sacred cheese" invokes the idea of seeming powerless and this idea is in keeping with the theme of the story that humans are caught in a trap.
The repeated term 'sacred cheese' refers to food which a hungry man can see but is not allowed to eat and in the same vein, the narrator's ship gets shipwrecked and is unable to get to the land which shows that he is powerless as he can see land but cannot get there.
