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?
A.) It is made up of two quatrains.
B.) It is made up of pairs of rhyming couplets.
C.) It is made up of a rhyme scheme of abab, cdcd

The correct answer is: It is made up of a rhyme scheme of abab, cdcd.

Explanation:

In this sonnet, Shakespeare describes chronicles which contain some beautiful descriptions of the past where he notice the beauty of the youth and the young man.

The syntax of the Sonnet 106 is characterised by a specific rhyme scheme of abab, cdcd, as we can see from the excerpt above. In this excerpt, the first line is rhyming with the third (time rhymes with rhyme), the second line rimes with the fourth (wights rhymes with knights), etc.

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 statement best expresses the theme of this short story the value of being confused

being buried alive

explanation: