Read the passage.

When in the chronicle of wasted time

I see descriptions of the fairest wights,

And beauty making beautiful old rhyme,

In praise of ladies dead and lovely knights,

Then in the blazon of sweet beauty's best

Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow,

I see their antique pen would have express'd

Even such a beauty as you master now.

Which of the following best describes the syntax of these lines from Sonnet 106 by William Shakespeare?

It is made up of one long, complicated sentence.

It is made up of a rhyme scheme of abab, cdcd

It is made up of two quatrains.

It is made up of pairs of rhyming couplets.

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Jesse Faulkner

5 December, 03:11

Read the passage.

When in the chronicle of wasted time

I see descriptions of the fairest wights,

And beauty making beautiful old rhyme,

In praise of ladies dead and lovely knights,

Then in the blazon of sweet beauty's best

Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow,

I see their antique pen would have express'd

Even such a beauty as you master now.

Which of the following best describes the syntax of these lines from Sonnet 106 by William Shakespeare?

It is made up of one long, complicated sentence.

It is made up of a rhyme scheme of abab, cdcd

It is made up of two quatrains.

It is made up of pairs of rhyming couplets.

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Hassan Sheppard · Answer 1

It is made up of one long, complicated sentence.

Syntax refers to the way words are strung together to create phrases and sentences. The other features of these lines are correct, but not relevant to the syntax. The fact that all eight lines make up one complete (though very complex) sentence is a feature of the syntax.