Question

what does abab cdcd efef gg mean in reference to a shakespearean sonnet?
the words at the beginning of every other line rhyme with each other, and the words at the beginning of the couplet rhyme with each other.
the words at the beginning of every other line rhyme with each other, and the words at the end of the couplet rhyme with each other.
words at the end of alternating lines in each quatrain rhyme with each other, and the two words in the couplet rhyme with each other.
every other word rhymes, and the two words in the couplet rhyme with the first words from each quatrain.
question 4
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why does shakespeare use the word \sickle\ in line 10 of sonnet 116?
to stress that love can be as deadly as farming tools
to create an image of love cutting the roses off a shrub when someone dies
to stress that his love will never be killed or die
to create an image of death cutting off someones life like a farmer cutting wheat

Explanation:

In a Shakespearean sonnet, the rhyme scheme is described by the pattern of rhymes at the end of lines. The "abab cdcd efef gg" rhyme scheme means that in each quatrain (a set of four lines), the words at the end of alternating lines rhyme (e.g., line 1 and 3, line 2 and 4 in the first quatrain). The final couplet (two - line unit) has its two lines rhyming with each other.
For the use of "sickle" in Sonnet 116, in literature, the sickle is often associated with the Grim Reaper (a personification of death). In the context of the sonnet which is about the constancy of love, using "sickle" creates an image of death (like a farmer cutting wheat with a sickle) to contrast with the idea that love is not affected by the passage of time (and death).

Answer:

For the first question: Words at the end of alternating lines in each quatrain rhyme with each other, and the two words in the couplet rhyme with each other.
For the second question: to create an image of death cutting off someone's life like a farmer cutting wheat.