Question

read the lines from act i, scene v of romeo and juliet. romeo: to juliet. if i profane with my unworthiest hand this holy shrine, the gentle sin is this; my lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand to smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss. juliet: good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much, which mannerly devotion shows in this; for saints have hands that pilgrims hands do touch, and palm to palm is holy palmers kiss. which statement about the structure of these lines is true? juliets lines make up one couplet, which uses an abab rhyme scheme. juliets lines make up one stanza, which uses an aabb rhyme scheme. romeos lines make up one quatrain, which uses an abab rhyme scheme. romeos lines make up one sonnet, which uses an aabb rhyme scheme.

Explanation:

A quatrain is a four - line stanza. Romeo's lines are four lines. The rhyme scheme of Romeo's lines is abab (hand - shrine, stand - kiss). A couplet has two lines, a stanza can be more than four lines, and a sonnet has 14 lines.

Answer:

C. Romeo's lines make up one quatrain, which uses an abab rhyme scheme.