Question

Use the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet to determine which pair of lines best completes the quatrain.

Let those who are in favour with their stars
Of public honour and proud titles boast,

For at a frown they in their glory die, / And in themselves their pride lies buried.
Unlook'd for joy in that I honour most, / Whilst I, whom fortune of such triumph bars
For at a frown they in their glory die, / Unlook'd for joy in that I honour most.
Whilst I, whom fortune of such triumph bars / Unlook'd for joy in that I honour most.

Answer 1

Using the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet this pair of lines best completes the quatrain:

“Whilst I, whom fortune of such triumph bars / Unlook’d for joy in that I honour most.”

Step-by-step explanation:

It has an iambic pentameter, three quatrains and a final couplet. When observed, the rhyme scheme is different from the usual English sonnets (ABAB CDCD EFEF GG) because there are certain lines that don’t rhyme with each other in this Sonnet.