Question

7. Which of the following statements is true about Shakespeare's sonnets?

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They are made up of four sets of rhyming quatrains.
They are composed of three quatrains and a couplet at the end.
They each have 12 stanzas with an abab rhyme scheme.
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They each have two quatrains and a rhyming couplet at the end.
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Answer 1

The Shakespearean sonnet consists of three quatrains, four line stanzas, and a couplet, which is two lines.. The rhyme scheme of the poem is "abab cdcd efef gg" and it is written in iambic pentameter.