Answer:
Three quatrains and a rhyming couplet
Explanation:
3 * 4 lines (quatrain)
1 * 2 lines (couplet)
equals 14 lines
He lay on his back and began to pass his life in review in quite a new way.
Shakespeare's intention was not to make Shylock a tragic figure; instead, Shylock was meant to function as a man who could be vividly realized as the epitome of selfishness; he must be defeated in this romantic comedy. In a sense, it is Shakespeare's own brilliance which led him to create Shylock as almost too human. Shylock is powerfully drawn, perhaps too powerfully for this comedy, but his superb dignity is admirable, despite the fact that we must finally condemn him.
The first choice; Thurber disagrees with the decision
