Shakespeare shortened some words in his sonnets such as "featur'd" and "remember'd" in order to do what?

A. make things easier to understand

B. shorten the piece

C. fit the meter

D. make readers laugh

C. Fit the meter

The answer that makes the most sense is "fit the meter"

Shakespeare's sonnets are written predominantly in a meter called iambic pentameter, a rhyme scheme in which each sonnet line consists of ten syllables. The syllables are divided into five pairs called iambs or iambic feet. An iamb is a metrical unit made up of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable, so it makes sense that he would want his sonnets to fit and sound good read aloud.