Question

where art thou, muse, that thou forgetst so long to speak of that which gives thee all thy might? spendst thou thy fury on some worthless song, darkening thy power to lend base subjects light? return, forgetful muse, and straight redeem in gentle numbers time so idly spent; sing to the ear that doth thy lays esteem and gives thy pen both skill and argument. rise, resty muse, my loves sweet face survey, if time have any wrinkle graven there; if any, be a satire to decay, and make times spoils despised every where. give my love fame faster than time wastes life; so thou preventst his scythe and crooked knife. —“sonnet 100,” william shakespeare which elements qualify this poem as a shakespearean sonnet? check all that apply. three quatrains and one couplet lines of poetry with five metrical feet abba, cddc, effe, gg rhyme scheme rhyming sounds at the beginning of lines unstressed and stressed syllable groups

Explanation:

Shakespearean sonnets have a structure of three quatrains (four - line stanzas) and one couplet (two - line stanza). They are written in iambic pentameter, which means each line has five metrical feet consisting of an unstressed and a stressed syllable group. The rhyme scheme is not abba, cddc, effe, gg (which is a Petrarchan sonnet rhyme scheme), and rhyming sounds are at the end of lines, not the beginning.

Answer:

• three quatrains and one couplet
• lines of poetry with five metrical feet
• unstressed and stressed syllable groups