Question

read the lines from act 1, 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 sonnet, which uses an aabb rhyme scheme.
romeos lines make up one quatrain, which uses an abab rhyme scheme.

Explanation:

A sonnet has 14 lines. Romeo's lines are 4 lines (a quatrain). A couplet is 2 lines. A stanza can vary in line - count but Juliet's lines are 4. Quatrains can have different rhyme schemes. Let's check the rhyme:

• For Romeo's lines: "hand" (a), "this" (b), "stand" (a), "kiss" (b) - abab rhyme scheme.
• For Juliet's lines: "much" (a), "this" (b), "touch" (c), "kiss" (d) - not aabb or abab as a couplet.

Answer:

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