Question

read shakespeares \sonnet 19\. devouring time, blunt thou the lions paws, and make the earth devour her own sweet brood, pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tigers jaws, and burn the long - livd phoenix, in her blood, make glad and sorry seasons as thou fleets, and do whateer thou wilt, swift - footed time, to the wide world and all her fading sweets; but i forbid thee one most heinous crime: o! carve not with thy hours my loves fair brow, nor draw no lines there with thine antique pen, him in thy course untainted do allow for beautys pattern to succeeding men. yet, do thy worst old time; despite thy wrong, my love shall in my verse ever live young. which features make this an example of a shakespearean sonnet? select three options. the abab, cdcd, efef, gg rhyme scheme the groupings of two stressed syllables the widespread use of iambic pentameter the use of three quatrains followed by a couplet the fact that the final lines summarize the preceding lines

Explanation:

Shakespearean sonnets have a specific rhyme - scheme of abab, cdcd, efef, gg. They are composed of three quatrains (four - line stanzas) followed by a couplet (two - line stanza). They also commonly use iambic pentameter, which is a metrical pattern with five pairs of unstressed and stressed syllables per line.

Answer:

A. the abab, cdcd, efef, gg rhyme scheme
C. the widespread use of iambic pentameter
D. the use of three quatrains followed by a couplet