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?

Juliet’s lines make up one couplet, which uses an abab rhyme scheme.
Juliet’s lines make up one stanza, which uses an aabb rhyme scheme.
Romeo’s lines make up one quatrain, which uses an abab rhyme scheme.
Romeo’s lines make up one sonnet, which uses an aabb rhyme scheme.

Answer 1

The statement "Juliet’s lines make up one quatrain, which uses an abab rhyme scheme" is true.