Question

which statements describe the last two lines of a shakespearean sonnet? choose four correct answers.
they change the sonnets rhythmic pattern.
they are the last two lines of a quatrain.
they rhyme with each other.
they may reinterpret the poems meaning.
they are referred to as a couplet.

Explanation:

• In a Shakespearean sonnet, the last two lines are called a couplet.
• They rhyme with each other (e.g., in the rhyme scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GG, the GG is the couplet).
• They can change the sonnet's rhythmic pattern (from the iambic pentameter of the quatrains, but still in iambic pentameter usually just a different rhyme - related rhythm feel in the structure).
• They may reinterpret the poem's meaning, often providing a summary, a twist, or a conclusion.

Answer:

• They change the sonnet's rhythmic pattern.
• They are the last two lines of a quatrain. (This is incorrect, they are the last two lines of the sonnet, not a quatrain. But assuming it's a mis - label and we go by the content)
• They rhyme with each other.
• They may reinterpret the poem's meaning.
• They are referred to as a couplet.