Question

sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines how many iambs are found in this line from sonnet 18? four five eight ten

Explanation:

An iamb is a metrical foot with an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. Let's analyze the line "Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines" by dividing it into syllables and identifying iambs:

1. "Some" (unstressed) + "time" (stressed) → 1 iamb
2. "too" (unstressed) + "hot" (stressed) → 2nd iamb
3. "the" (unstressed) + "eye" (stressed) → 3rd iamb
4. "of" (unstressed) + "heav" (stressed) → 4th iamb
5. "en" (unstressed) + "shines" (stressed) → Wait, actually, let's count syllables properly: "Sometime" (2 syllables: So - metime? No, "Sometime" is So - met - ime? Wait, no, correct syllabification: "Some - time" (2), "too" (1), "hot" (1), "the" (1), "eye" (1), "of" (1), "heav - en" (2), "shines" (1). Wait, maybe a better way: In iambic pentameter (Shakespeare's sonnets use this), a line has 10 syllables, 5 iambs (since each iamb is 2 syllables, 5×2 = 10). Let's count the syllables:

• Sometime: 2 (So - met - ime? No, "Sometime" is two syllables: So - time)
• too: 1
• hot: 1
• the: 1
• eye: 1
• of: 1
• heaven: 2 (heav - en)
• shines: 1

Wait, that's 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 = 10 syllables. Since each iamb is 2 syllables (unstressed + stressed), 10 syllables mean 5 iambs (10 / 2 = 5). So the line has five iambs.

Answer:

B. five