Rhyme Scheme and Rhythm in a Sonnet by William Shakespeare Answers

When I do count the clock that tells the time,

And see the brave day sunk in hideous night,

When I behold the violet past prime,

And sable curls all silvered o'er with white:

When lofty trees I see barren of leaves

Which statements about sonnets are true? Check all that apply.Shakespeare wrote plays, but not sonnets.The sonnet form was invented in Italy, and then adopted by English poets.Sonnets are a kind of poetry.Sonnets are written in free verse, with no fixed structure or rhyme scheme.The two types of sonnets are English (Shakespearean) and Italian (Petrarchan).Shakespeare’s sonnets frequently focus on love and romance.

When I do count the clock that tells the time,

And see the brave day sunk in hideous night,

When I behold the violet past prime,

And sable curls all silvered o'er with white:

When lofty trees I see barren of leaves

Which steps will help you identify central ideas in a sonnet? Check all that apply.using context clues or a dictionary to define unfamiliar wordsskipping over any words that are difficult or unfamiliarmarking the rhyme scheme of the poem using lowercase lettersrestating main ideas in my own wordsfinding a single idea or concept that links the big ideas in each quatrain

Read the second quatrain of “Sonnet 73,” and then answer the questions.

Read the second quatrain of “Sonnet 73,” and then answer the questions.

The speaker is afraid of the dark.✔ The speaker is getting older.X The speaker is optimistic about the future.