Question

read the following excerpt: thou art more lovely and more temperate — \sonnet 18,\ william shakespeare which type of meter is used in this example? a. free verse b. blank verse c. iambic pentameter d. prose

Explanation:

Sonnet 18 by Shakespeare is written in iambic pentameter. An iamb is a metrical foot with an unstressed - stressed syllable pattern, and pentameter means there are five iambs per line. This line follows that pattern. Free verse has no regular meter or rhyme scheme. Blank verse is unrhymed iambic pentameter but the question is about meter not rhyme. Prose is non - poetic writing and this is clearly a poetic line.

Answer:

C. Iambic pentameter