For each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text.

For an obscure poet to have penned such a refined, poignant sonnet is not at all (i). The sonnet, after all, has been a favored form for hundreds of years amongst the amateur and lionized alike. I would be (ii), on the other hand, had not one, out of the sheer number produced during this time, surpassed Shakespeare on a bad day.