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 couplet?
a. Stanza 1
b. Stanza 2
c. Stanza 3
d. None of the above"

Answer 1

The third stanza from the excerpt of Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat forms a couplet, as it comprises two successive rhyming lines.

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct answer to which stanza forms a couplet is c:

Stanza 3. A couplet is a pair of successive rhyming lines, typically of the same length, that usually form a complete thought. In Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat, the third stanza presents two lines that rhyme (you and you), forming a couplet.

In contrast, the first and second stanzas do not form couplets because they consist of more than two lines without the consistent end rhyme that defines a couplet. 'Well... what would YOU do If your mother asked you?' A couplet is a pair of rhyming lines in a poem. In this case, both lines end with the words 'do' and 'you', creating a rhyming couplet.