Sonnet 116by William ShakespeareO no, it is an ever-fixed markThat looks on tempests and is never shaken;It is the star to every wandering bark,Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken.Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeksWithin his bending sickle’s compass come;Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,But bears it out even to the edge of doom.If this be error and upon me proved,I never writ, nor no man ever loved."Sonnet 116" by William ShakespeareQuestionUse the lines to answer the question.Which lines are a couplet?(1 point)Responses“If this be error and upon me proved,I never writ, nor no man ever loved.”“If this be error and upon me proved, I never writ, nor no man ever loved.”“O no, it is an ever-fixed markThat looks on tempests and is never shaken;”“O no, it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken;”“It is the star to every wandering bark,Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken.”“It is the star to every wandering bark, Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken.”“Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,But bears it out even to the edge of doom.”“Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of doom.”
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A couplet is a pair of consecutive lines of poetry that usually rhyme. In "Sonnet 116" by William Shakespeare, the couplet is:
“If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.”
This pair of lines forms a complete thought and rhymes (proved/loved), making them a couplet.
