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Which structure describes a Shakespearean sonnet?

fourteen lines with ten syllables, but varying rhyme schemes

three rhyming quatrains followed by a rhyming couplet

two seven-line stanzas with a repeated rhyme scheme

seven stanzas of rhyming couplets

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14 lines with ten syllables. The first option.
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A. Fourteen lines with ten syllables, but varying
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