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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Dilemma
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Nothing important
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Resolution
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is ‘Eight lines’.
Detailed explanation-2: -An eight-line stanza or poem. See ottava rima and triolet. The first eight lines of an Italian or Petrarchan sonnet are also called an octave.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: In ‘’On His Blindness”, the octave identifies the problem created by Milton’s blindness. In the first eight lines, Milton says he considers how his blindness has limited him in serving God and worries that the Lord will return to ‘’chide” him for not serving.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Italian sonnet, also known as the Petrarchan sonnet, is divided into an octave, which typically rhymes abbaabba, and a sestet, which may have varying rhyme schemes.
Detailed explanation-5: -In the octave of a sonnet, the writer sets out the first part of their poem. These lines are then responded to in the sextet.