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Which of the following describes the structure of a Shakespearean sonnet?

a.) three quatrains and a couplet
b.) one octet followed by a sestet
c.) fourteen lines that follow an AB rhyme scheme
d.) five lines of fourteen syllables

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A.Three quatrains and a couplet.Hope this helps!
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The option which describes the structure of a Shakespearean sonnet is " three quatrains and a couplet." Answer A is correct.

Shakespeare's sonnets are written in a meter denominated iambic pentameter, a rhyme scheme in which each sonnet line is made up of ten syllables. The syllables are split into five pairs known as iambs or iambic feet. An iamb refers to a metrical unit consisting of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable.

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