Question

Read the lines from Act I, Scene v of Romeo and Juliet.

Which statement about the structure of these lines is true?
Romeo: [TO JULIET.] If I profane with my unworthiest hand
This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this;
My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand
To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.
Juliet: Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much,
Which mannerly devotion shows in this;
For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch,
And palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss.
Juliet's lines make up one couplet, which uses an abab
rhyme scheme.
Juliet's lines make up one stanza, which uses an aabb
rhyme scheme.
Romeo's lines make up one quatrain, which uses an
abab rhyme scheme.
Romeo's lines make up one sonnet, which uses an aabb
rhyme scheme.
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Answer 1

Answer:D.Romeo lines make up one sonnet,which uses an aabb rhyme scheme

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Answer 2

Romeo's lines make up one quatrain, which uses an abab rhyme scheme.

Step-by-step explanation:

A quatrain, in poetry, is a stanza that is made of four lines. The term 'quatrain' is derived from the French word 'quatre' meaning 'four.'

The structure of the given excerpt is that the dialogues of both Romeo and Juliet makes a quatrain with a rhyme scheme of abab.

The rhyme scheme of the given lines are 'hand-stand'; 'this-kiss'; 'much-touch'; and 'this-kiss.' Thus it makes a rhyme scheme of abab.

And the dialogues consists of four lines which makes it a quatrain.

Thus the correct answer is the third option.