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 (\(hand - stand\)) and the second line rhymes with the fourth line (\(this - kiss\)).

Answer:

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