This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
‘Lift not the painted veil which those who live call
life: though unreal shapes be pictured there,
And it but mimic all we would believe
With colours idly spread – behind, lurk fear,’
P.B Shelley, Sonnet.
The stanza above is an example of a
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quatrain
- couplet
- free verse
- limerick
The correct answer is: A
Explanation
A quatrain is a stanza of four lines, often with a specific rhyme scheme. The stanza contains four lines, making it a quatrain.