The true statements about William Shakespeare’s sonnets are:
- They have a fixed rhyme scheme and structure.
- They often present a question and an answer.
- They often present a problem and a solution.
- They frequently focus upon love and romance.
The statements that are not true are:
- They were the first sonnets ever to be written (false, as the sonnet form originated with Petrarch in Italy).
- They were originally written in Italian (false, as Shakespeare wrote them in English).