by William Shakespeare

Question

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

“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;”

“O no, it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken;”

“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.”

Answer 1

A couplet consists of two consecutive lines of poetry that typically rhyme.

In the lines provided from "Sonnet 116," 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 rhyming couplet, as they both rhyme with each other.