Question

where art thou, muse, that thou forgetst so long
to speak of that which gives thee all thy might?
spendst thou thy fury on some worthless song,
darkening thy power to lend base subjects light?
return, forgetful muse, and straight redeem
in gentle numbers time so idly spent;
sing to the ear that doth thy lays esteem
and gives thy pen both skill and argument.
rise, resty muse, my loves sweet face survey,
if time have any wrinkle graven there;
if any, be a satire to decay,
and make times spoils despised every where.
give my love fame faster than time wastes life;
so thou preventst his scythe and crooked knife.
-- \sonnet 100,\
william shakespeare
which elements qualify this poem as a shakespearean sonnet? check all that apply.
three quatrains and one couplet
lines of poetry with five metrical feet
abba, cddc, effe, gg rhyme scheme
rhyming sounds at the beginning of lines
unstressed and stressed syllable groups

Explanation:

• A Shakespearean sonnet has three quatrains (each with four lines) and a final couplet (two - line stanza).
• It is written in iambic pentameter, which means each line has five metrical feet (an iamb is an unstressed - stressed syllable pair, so five iambs per line).
• The rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet is abab cdcd efef gg (not abba, cddc, effe, gg as some sonnets have different non - standard rhyme schemes but the typical one is the former, however, if we assume the options are as given, we still analyze based on structure). The lines have unstressed and stressed syllable groups (iambic pentameter). Rhyming at the beginning of lines is not a feature of Shakespearean sonnets.

Answer:

three quatrains and one couplet, lines of poetry with five metrical feet, unstressed and stressed syllable groups