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The Petrarchan sonnet divides the 14 lines into two sections which are an eight-line stanza (octave) rhyming ABBAABBA, and a six-line stanza (sestet) rhyming CDCDCD or CDECDE.
Answer: The right answer is "Miss Lottie was one of the poorest people in the neighborhood."
Explanation: Since in this passage there are still no references to the character of Miss Lottie, it is not yet possible to infer that she was an outcast who did not take care of her home, as she truly was. In addition, it cannot be inferred that she lived alone (which she didn't) or that she wished she could afford a better house. The description of the house, however, does reveal that hers was one of the most rundown homes in an already extremely poor neighborhood, since it was not properly maintained.
This poem is split into six rhymed quatrains.
So the answer would be 2) Six.
