Question

choose the poem that uses iambic meter. thunder blossoms gorgeously above our heads, great, hollow, bell - like flowers, rumbling in the wind, stretching clappers to strike our ears. the sun that brief december day rose cheerless over hills of gray, and, darkly circled, gave at noon a sadder light than waning moon. from jean toomer, \storm ending\ and from john greenleaf whittier,

Explanation:

An iamb is a metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. In the second poem "The sun that brief December day Rose cheerless over hills of gray, And, darkly circled, gave at noon A sadder light than waning moon.", the pattern of unstressed - stressed syllables is consistent throughout the lines, indicating iambic meter. The first poem does not follow this consistent iambic pattern.

Answer:

The sun that brief December day
Rose cheerless over hills of gray,
And, darkly circled, gave at noon
A sadder light than waning moon.