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Which of the following statements is true about shakespeare s sonnets?

a.they are composed of three quatrains and a couplet at the end.

b.they each have 12 stanzas with an abab rhyme scheme.

c.theyare made up of four sets of rhyming quatrains.

d.they each have two quatrains and a rhyming couplet at the end?

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genesiskidd

b.they each have 12 stanzas with an abab rhyme scheme.

michell96

The correct answer is A. They are composed of three quatrains and a couplet at the end.

Explanation:

Shakespeare's sonnets refer to a set of different poems written by the English author Shakespeare and published in 1609. In terms of structure, Shakespeare's sonnets include 14 lines divided into four stanzas; additionally, the first three stanzas are quatrains which means each has four verses and the last stanza is a couplet with two verses. Besides this, the sonnets have a specific rhyme and metric pattern that influenced to a great extent English poetry. According to this, statement A is the one that is true about Shakespeare's sonnets because this describes the correct structure of these poems.

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