Question

Majority of Shakespeare's Sonnets are structured on:

• A. Three quatrains and a final couplet in iambic pentameter
• B. A single octave followed by a sestet in iambic pentameter
• C. Two quatrains followed by a tercet in free verse
• D. Four quatrains with no specific rhyme scheme

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Three quatrains and a final couplet in iambic pentameter

• English sonnets with 3 quatrain and a couplet 'abab cdcd efef gg' was developed by Surrey.

• Shakespeare practiced the stanza developed by surrey.

• Wordsworth referred the sonnets of Shakespear is "The key with which Shakespeare unlocked his heart".