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 “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.” “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;” “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 and have the same meter. In "Sonnet 116" by William Shakespeare, the couplet appears at the end of the poem. The lines that form the couplet are:

“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.”