Question

“sonnet 29”
by william shakespeare
when in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes
i all alone beweep my outcast state,
and trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
and look upon myself, and curse my fate,
wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
featured like him, like him with friends possessed,
desiring this man’s art, and that man’s scope,
with what i most enjoy contented least;
yet in these thoughts my self almost despising,
haply i think on thee, and then my state,
like to the lark at break of day arising
from sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven’s gate;
for thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings
that then i scorn to change my state with kings.
shakespeare’s sonnets, including “sonnet 29,” have which characteristic?
they all contain
four quatrains and
no couplets.
they all contain
three quatrains
and a couplet.
they all contain
one quatrain and
nine couplets.
they all contain
two quatrains and
five couplets.

Explanation:

Shakespeare's sonnets, including "Sonnet 29", follow a structure of three quatrains (four - line stanzas) and a final couplet (two - line stanza). The other options are incorrect: the first option says no couplets (but sonnets have a couplet), the third and fourth options have incorrect numbers of quatrains and couplets.

Answer:

B. They all contain three quatrains and a couplet.