Question

One way an English sonnet is different from a Petrarchan sonnet because an English sonnet contains

A couplet < A sestet Give quatrains None of the above

Answer 1

an english sonnet contains 3 quatrains and a finishing couplet. a petrarchan sonnet contains an octave and a sestet.

the english sonnet has a couplet where a petrarchan sonnet does not. neither have 5 quatrains.

Answer 2

A couplet is the correct answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

A Petrarchan sonnet has its own rhyme and structure, meaning that they are composed by two stanzas and octave (eight lines) and a sestet (six lines) or they may have three stanzas (two quatrains -four lines- and a sestet;) on the other hand, the English sonnet has fourteen lines with three quatrains (12 lines) and a couplet (two lines.)