Question

Read the lines from Act I, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.

Romeo: [To JULIET.] If I profane with my unworthiest hand
This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this;
My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand
To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.

Juliet: Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much,
Which mannerly devotion shows in this;
For saints have hands that pilgrims’ hands do touch,
And palm to palm is holy palmers’ kiss.



Which statement about the structure of these lines is true?

Juliet’s lines make up one couplet, which uses an abab rhyme scheme.

Juliet’s lines make up one stanza, which uses an aabb rhyme scheme.

Romeo’s lines make up one quatrain, which uses an abab rhyme scheme.

Romeo’s lines make up one sonnet, which uses an aabb rhyme scheme.

Answer 1

the answer is C

Answer 2

The statement, ‘Romeo’s lines make up one quatrain, which uses an abab rhyme scheme’ about the structure of the given lines is true.

Answer: Option C

Step-by-step explanation:

• These lines from the novel Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare is an conversation between Romeo and Juliet. The statement which best describes the structure of these lines is - Romeo’s lines make up one quatrain, which uses an abab rhyme scheme. If we look at the lines said by Romeo we will notice that every line ends up with an alternate rhyme scheme.
• The first line ends with ‘hand’, while the third line ends with ‘sand’; making it a rhyme scheme (hand-sand)
• Similarly second line end with ‘this’ and fourth line ends with ‘kiss’ again making it a rhyme (this-kiss).