Question

choose the poem that uses trochaic meter.
first come i; my name is jowett.
theres no knowledge but i know it.
i am master of this college:
what i dont know isnt knowledge.

calm - eyed and inaccessible
the stars peer through the blue fissures of the sky,
unperturbed among the panic of scurrying beams;
twinkling with a cold, acrid merriment.

Explanation:

To determine which poem uses trochaic meter, we analyze the stress pattern. Trochaic meter has a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one (e.g., /FIRST/ come /I/;...). The first poem: "First (stressed) come (unstressed) I (stressed); my (stressed) name (unstressed) is (stressed) Jowett (unstressed)" follows this pattern. The second poem has a more varied, non - trochaic stress pattern (e.g., "Calm - eyed (stressed - unstressed) and (unstressed) inaccessible (stressed - unstressed - unstressed - unstressed - unstressed - unstressed)" does not follow trochaic consistently). So the first poem uses trochaic meter.

Answer:

The poem "First come I; my name is Jowett. There's no knowledge but I know it. I am master of this college: What I don't know isn't knowledge." uses trochaic meter.