Question

A Shakespearean sonnet’s structure contains _____.

A. three couplets and a final rhyming quatrain

B. four couplets and a final rhyming quatrain

C. three quatrains and a final rhyming couplet

D. four quatrains and a final rhyming couplet

Answer 1

A Shakespearean Sonnet's structure contains three quatrains and a final rhyming couplet.
The answer is c.

Answer 2

The correct answer is option C:

A Shakespearean sonnet's structure consists of fourteen lines, which are broken into three quatrains and a final rhyming couplet. A quatrain is a four-line stanza. Most Shakespearean sonnets place the rhetorical shift or "volta" in the final couplet.