Question

Read Shakespeare's "Sonnet 19.

Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws,
And make the earth devour her own sweet brood;
Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws,
And burn the long-liv'd phoenix, in her blood;
Make glad and sorry seasons as thou fleets,
And do whate'er thou wilt, swift-footed Time
To the wide world and all her fading sweets
But I forbid thee one most heinous crime
Ol carve not with thy hours my love's fair brow,
Nor draw no lines there with thine antique pen;
Him in thy course untainted do allow
For beauty's pattern to succeeding men.
Yet, do thy worst old Time: despite thy wrong,
My love shall in my verse ever live young
d:
Which features make this an example of a
Shakespearean sonnet? Select three options.
© the abab, cded, efef, gg rhyme scheme
© the groupings of two stressed syllables
© the widespread use of iambic pentameter
the use of three quatrains followed by a couplet
the fact that the final lines summarize the preceding
lines

Answer 1

The options that make this an example of a Shakespearean sonnet are:

- the abab, cded, efef, gg rhyme scheme

- the widespread use of iambic pentameter

- the use of three quatrains followed by a couplet