Question

What is the structure of a Shakespearean sonnet? A. an octave followed by a sestet B. a sestet followed by an octave C. three quatrains followed by a couplet D. a couplet followed by three quatrains

Answer 1

Answer:

Shakespearean sonnets feature the following elements: They are fourteen lines long. The fourteen lines are divided into four subgroups. The first three subgroups have four lines each, which makes them “quatrains,” with the second and fourth lines of each group containing rhyming words.