Which of the following options best establishes the relationship between the poem's sonnet form and its theme?

A.

Its single verse structure and lack of rhyme scheme conveys the futility of fame because death would put an end to the speaker's desire of writing and being with his beloved.

B.

In the first six lines, the speaker laments how death would prevent him from achieving fame, and in the next eight lines, he attempts to resolve this dilemma.

C.

The unbroken structure allows the speaker to soliloquize about his fear of mortality because death would prevent him from fulfilling himself as a writer and lover.

D.

The first eight lines presents the speaker's fear about dying before achieving fame, and the next six lines discusses his philosophy on life and death.

Answer: c

the following option best establishes the relationship between the poem's sonnet form and its theme

B. In the first six lines, the speaker laments how death would prevent him from achieving fame, and in the next eight lines, he attempts to resolve this dilemma.

Explanation:

B. In the first six lines, the speaker laments how death would prevent him from achieving fame, and in the next eight lines, he attempts to resolve this dilemma. Poets always consider on the length, placement, and grouping of lines and stanzas. This is called form. The sonnet which is a 14 line poem with a specific rhyme scheme is written in iambic pentameter, which employees one of several rhyme schemes, and adhering to a tightly structured thematic organization. The sonnets have played an important role because of the works of authors and one of them is William Shakespeare.