Which statements describe the last two lines of a shakespearean sonnet? select three options. they rhyme with each other. they are referred to as a couplet. they are the last two lines of a quatrain. they may reinterpret the poem’s meaning. they change the sonnet’s rhythmic pattern.

The las two lines of Shakespeare sonnets can be described according to this three statements:

-They are referred to as a couplet: two consecutve rhyming lines.

-They rhyme with each other (though this is not always the case).

-They change the sonnet´s rhythmic pattern: a Shakespearean sonnet has 14 lines. The first 12 are divided into 3 quatrains, of 4 lines each were the topic and problem are established. The rhyme scheme is abab cdcd efef. This is solved in the last two lines, where the rhyming scheme is gg.

For example:

When I / do COUNT / the CLOCK / that TELLS / the TIME (Sonnet 12)

When IN / dis GRACE / with FOR / tune AND / men's EYES

I ALL / a LONE / be WEEP / my OUT/ cast STATE (Sonnet 29)

Shall I / com PARE/ thee TO / a SUM / mer's DAY?  

Thou ART / more LOVE / ly AND / more TEM / per ATE (Sonnet 18)

The answers are:

They are referred to as a couplet.

They rhyme with each other.

They change the sonnet’s rhythmic pattern.

Shakespearean sonnet style is formed by fourteen lines, the first twelve are divided in three quatrains, is here where the author stablishes the theme or problem and then it is resolved in the last two lines that are called a couplet, this lines are the only ones that rhyme with each other and the rhyme scheme for these lines is GG while for the quatrains is ABAB CDCD changing the sonnet rhythmic pattern.

paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."

its c because its his point of view