Question

read the following excerpt:
my mistress eyes are nothing like the sun
— \sonnet 130,\ william shakespeare
which type of meter is used in this example?
a. free verse
b. blank verse
c. iambic pentameter
d. prosody

Explanation:

Free verse has no consistent meter/rhyme; blank verse is unrhymed iambic pentameter, but Shakespeare's sonnets use rhymed iambic pentameter. Prosody is the study of verse structure, not a meter type. The line follows iambic pentameter: five pairs of unstressed-stressed syllables.

Answer:

C. Iambic pentameter