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.
Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within 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 Shakespeare
Question
Use 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.”
“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.”
“O no, it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;”
1 answer
A couplet consists of two lines of poetry that rhyme and usually express a complete thought. 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.”
So, the correct response is:
“If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.”
