FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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AABB
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ABABA
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ABAB
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ABBA
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Detailed explanation-1: -The sonnet is in the English (or “Shakespearean”) form, i.e. its rhyme scheme is ababcdcdefefgg . This alternating rhyme scheme marks out the three quatrains and then the ending couplet.
Detailed explanation-2: -Shakespeare’s sonnets are composed of 14 lines, and most are divided into three quatrains and a final, concluding couplet, rhyming abab cdcd efef gg. This sonnet form and rhyme scheme is known as the ‘English’ sonnet.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sonnet 30 follows (as do almost all of the 154 sonnets of Shakespeare’s collection) the Shakespearean Sonnet form, based on the ‘English’ or ‘Surreyan’ sonnet. These sonnets are made up of fourteen lines in three quatrains and a couplet, with the rhyme scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.
Detailed explanation-4: -The most notable poetic device is antithesis, the use of opposites, as the poet breaks his mistress into body parts that are negatives of praise: “nothing like the sun, ” “coral is much more red, ” “her breasts are dun” and “black wires spring from her head.” The device fragments the mistress.