Question

Select all of the following elements that characterize a poem as a Spenserian Sonnet:

a)10 syllables per line in Iambic Pentameter

b)Three four-line stanzas, or groups of lines, called quatrains followed by a concluding two-line stanza called a couplet

c)One eight-line stanza, called an octave and one six-line stanza called a sestet

d)A rhyme scheme of abab bcbc cdcd ee

e)A rhyme scheme of abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdcdcd

f)A rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg

Answer 1

1. 10 syllables per line in Iambic Pentameter

Lambing parameter is major one .

• Three four-line stanzas, or groups of lines, called quatrains followed by a concluding two-line stanza called a couplet
• A rhyme scheme of ababbcbccdcdee

Option A,B,D