Shakespeare's poetry consists mainly of

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5 years ago

One thing one needs to take note of is that by "Shakespeare's poetry", the question meant "Sonnet". The explanation will be tendered in seriatim.
A. The answer can be option A. It's undisputable that an English sonnet has its major part to be 3 quatrains. However, it's not far reaching.

B. The correct option is B. An heroic verse as far as the English sonnet is concerned (and by extension the Engkish poetry) is one that is encapsulated in iambic pentametre. It's palpable that the English sonnet is a 14 lines poem that owes part of its existence to the iambic pentametre metrical configuration.

C. The answer can't also be option C. Recall that a blank verse is a work of poetry that lacks a rhyme scheme but possesses a metre. It's crystal clear that an English sonnet owes part of its existence to the rhyme scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.

D. This can't be the correct option because the heroic couplet (GG) is more or less a minor part of the 14 line structure.