Where does the rhymed couplet appear in Shakespearean sonnets?
A. in the final two lines of the poem
B. at the end of each quatrain
C. in the first two lines of the poem
D. at the beginning of each quatrain

The format of the sonnet admits some nuances along the trajectory of the literature. Poems emerge that contain twelve poetic syllables, verses called dodecassylates or Alexandrians. The Alexandrian verses present the stressed syllables at positions 6 and 12. William Shakespeare produced sonnets that do not deny tradition but do not follow the fixed form to the letter.

His sonnets with three quartets and a couplet (two verses) at the end and usually his poems do not have strophic division. Rhymes always happen in two consecutive verses (the last two of the poem),

Where does the rhymed couplet appear in Shakespearean sonnets? A. in the final two lines of the poem B. at the end of each quatrain C. in the first two lines of the poem D. at the beginning of each quatrain

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Where does the rhymed couplet appear in Shakespearean sonnets?
A. in the final two lines of the poem
B. at the end of each quatrain
C. in the first two lines of the poem
D. at the beginning of each quatrain