Multiple choice

The sonnet is a poem of

  1. ten lines

  2. twelve lines

  3. fourteen lines

  4. sixteen lines
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C Correct answer
Explanation

A sonnet is a poetic form consisting of fourteen lines. This is the standard definition used across English poetry, originating from Italian poets like Petrarch and popularized in English by writers like Shakespeare. Options A, B, and D (10, 12, and 16 lines) are incorrect - these are different poetic forms like the decima, dozen, or other structures, but not sonnets.

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