Question

What metrical pattern does Sonnet 121 follow?

• A. Iambic pentameter
• B. Trochaic tetrameter
• C. Anapestic hexameter
• D. Spondeic trimeter

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Iambic pentameter

• Sonnet 121’ by William Shakespeare is a fourteen-line sonnet that follows a consistent rhyme scheme of ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.