Question

What characteristic of blank verse can you find in this line?

“To know my deed, 'twere best not know myself.”




A. It has ten syllables, with a stress falling on every second syllable.


B. The pause in the middle creates the singsong rhythm of poetry.


C. The stress pattern is irregular and ends with a two-syllable word.


D. The use of old-fashioned language makes it sound classical.



not "B"

Answer 1

A

Answer 2

Where does the rhymed couplet appear in Shakespearean sonnets?




A. in the first two lines of the poem


B. at the end of each quatrain


C. in the final two lines of the poem


D. at the beginning of each quatrain


not "B" but I was thinking "D"

Answer 3

Yes it is D

Answer 4

ok that is what I thought