Question

What is a couplet, in the context of a Shakespearean sonnet

A) The final two lines
B) any two lines that rhyme
C) two adjacent syllables in which the first syllable is stressed
D) two adjacent syllables in which the second syllable is stressed

Answer 1

The Correct Answer is A

Step-by-step explanation:

A couplet is two consecutive lines of poetry that usually rhyme (as . However, Shakespeare often used them at the end of his sonnets to sum up the main points.

For example:

"Blessed are you whose worthiness gives scope,

Being had, to triumph; being lacked, to hope." - Sonnet 52

"You still shall live, such virtue hath my pen,

Where breath most breathes, even in the mouths of men." - Sonnet 81

Considering the afore-mentioned, the appropriate option would be A.

Answer 2

A couplet is two consecutive lines of poetry that usually rhyme (as . However, Shakespeare often used them at the end of his sonnets to sum up the main points.

For example:

"Blessed are you whose worthiness gives scope,

Being had, to triumph; being lacked, to hope." - Sonnet 52

"You still shall live, such virtue hath my pen,

Where breath most breathes, even in the mouths of men." - Sonnet 81

Considering the afore-mentioned, the appropriate option would be A.