Question

read the lines from act i, scene v of romeo and juliet. 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. which statement about the structure of these lines is true? juliets lines make up one couplet, which uses an abab rhyme scheme. juliets lines make up one stanza, which uses an aabb rhyme scheme. romeos lines make up one quatrain, which uses an abab rhyme scheme. romeos lines make up one sonnet, which uses an aabb rhyme scheme.

Explanation:

A quatrain is a four - line stanza. Romeo's lines are four lines. In an abab rhyme scheme, the first line rhymes with the third line and the second line rhymes with the fourth line. In Romeo's lines, "hand" (line 1) rhymes with "stand" (line 3) and "this" (line 2) rhymes with "kiss" (line 4). A couplet is two lines. Juliet's lines are four lines, so it's not a couplet. A sonnet has 14 lines. Romeo's lines are only four lines, so it's not a sonnet. An aabb rhyme scheme would have the first two lines rhyme and the last two lines rhyme, which is not the case here.

Answer:

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