Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare 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 “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.” “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 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;” “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 consists of two consecutive lines that typically rhyme and have the same meter. In "Sonnet 116," the couplet is found in the last two lines:
“If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.”
This couplet serves as a conclusion to the sonnet, reinforcing the speaker's argument about the nature of true love.
