Question

which of the following excerpts is an example of iambic pentameter?
a. \you see this dog. it was but yesterday\
b. \i have ever loved thee in a hundred forms and times\
c. \the onrolling flood of the love eternal\
d. \wash it with unceasing salt\

Explanation:

Iambic pentameter consists of five pairs of unstressed - stressed syllables per line. Analyzing each option, "I have ever loved thee in a hundred forms and times" has five iambs.

Answer:

B. "I have ever loved thee in a hundred forms and times"