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A 'sonnet' in the English tradition is conventionally:
AA prose paragraph in a novel
B20 lines of free verse
C8 lines of trochaic tetrameter
D14 lines of iambic pentameter, with a set rhyme scheme
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. 14 lines of iambic pentameter, with a set rhyme scheme
1. The English/Shakespearean sonnet has 14 iambic-pentameter lines.
2. Its rhyme scheme is ababcdcdefefgg with a concluding couplet.
3. Italian (Petrarchan) sonnets use abba-abba + cdecde or cdcdcd.
_Source: Coverage brief — Renaissance content area — "Shakespeare ... sonnets, dramatic conventions"_