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Read the lines from Act 1, Scene V of "Romeo and Juliet":

Romeo:
[tex]\[ \text{"If I profane with my unworthiest hand} \][/tex]
[tex]\[ \text{This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this;} \][/tex]
[tex]\[ \text{My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand} \][/tex]
[tex]\[ \text{To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss."} \][/tex]

Juliet:
[tex]\[ \text{"Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much,} \][/tex]
[tex]\[ \text{Which mannerly devotion shows in this;} \][/tex]
[tex]\[ \text{For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch,} \][/tex]
[tex]\[ \text{And palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss."} \][/tex]

Which statement about the structure of these lines is true?

A. Juliet's lines make up one couplet, which uses an abab rhyme scheme.
B. Juliet's lines make up one stanza, which uses an aabb rhyme scheme.
C. Romeo's lines make up one quatrain, which uses an abab rhyme scheme.
D. Romeo's lines make up one sonnet, which uses an aabb rhyme scheme.



Answer :

Final answer:

Juliet's lines make up one stanza with an aabb rhyme scheme.


Explanation:

Juliet's lines make up one stanza, which uses an aabb rhyme scheme.

In the lines from Act 1, scene v of Romeo and Juliet, Juliet's response constitutes one stanza that follows an aabb rhyme scheme. This structure is evident in her lines: 'Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much, / Which mannerly devotion shows in this; / For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch, / And palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss.'

Unlike a couplet or quatrain, a stanza consists of grouped lines functioning as a unit within a poem. The aabb rhyme scheme involves rhyming pairs of lines in succession, contributing to the poetic flow and structure.


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