What is the most likely reason Rita Dove chose to call this poem a sonnet?The work has no rhyme scheme.The subject is romantic in nature.The poem contains 14 lines.Each stanza has seven lines.

A sonnet is traditionally a poem of 14 lines, even though its rhyme scheme and subject can vary. Since the poem contains 14 lines, that is the most likely reason Rita Dove called it a sonnet. The fact that the subject is romantic or that each stanza has seven lines does not define a sonnet.

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