Question

Read this excerpt from Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat.

1. Then our mother came in
And she said to us two,
"Did you have any fun? Tell me.
What did you do?"

2. And Sally and I did not
know what to say.
Should we tell her
The things that went on
there that day?

3. Well... what would YOU do
If your mother asked you?

Which of these is a quatrain?
a. Stanza 1
b. Stanza 2
c. Stanza 3
d. None of the above

Answer 1

None of the listed stanzas from Dr. Seuss's 'The Cat in the Hat' is a quatrain because they do not consist of four lines, which is required for this type of stanza.

Step-by-step explanation:

The quatrain is a four-line stanza, and when reviewing the excerpt from Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat, we are looking for a stanza composed of four lines. The direct answer to which stanza is a quatrain would be:

(d) None of the above

Step-by-step explanation:

• Stanza 1 consists of a single line.
• Stanza 2 also consists of a single line.
• Stanza 3 has two lines.

Since none of the stanzas has exactly four lines, the correct option is (d) None of the above. A quatrain is a poetic form that typically has a specific rhyme scheme and meter, neither of which is strictly followed in the provided excerpts.