Which structure describes a Shakespearean sonnet?

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seven stanzas of rhyming couplets
seven stanzas of rhyming couplets

fourteen lines with ten syllables, but varying rhyme schemes
fourteen lines with ten syllables, but varying rhyme schemes

three rhyming quatrains followed by a rhyming couplet
three rhyming quatrains followed by a rhyming couplet

two seven-line stanzas with a repeated rhyme scheme

1 answer

The structure that describes a Shakespearean sonnet is:

three rhyming quatrains followed by a rhyming couplet.

A Shakespearean sonnet consists of 14 lines written in iambic pentameter, following the rhyme scheme ABABCDCDEFEFGG.