Question

Which of the following best describes how a rhyme royal stanza can be constructed?

• A. Two tercets
• B. One quatrain and one tercet
• C. One sestet
• D. A quatrain followed by a couplet

Answer 1

Answer:

B. One quatrain and one tercet

• The stanza is often constructed as a quatrain (4 lines) followed by a tercet (3 lines), matching the rhyme scheme ab ab bcc.