Question

choose the poem that uses trochaic meter. thus created were the islands, rocks were fastened in the ocean, pillars of the sky were planted, fields and forests were created, checkered stones of many colors. if it were lighter touch than petal of flower resting on grass, oh still too heavy it were, too heavy! from elias lönnrot, \the kalevala.\ trans. john martin crawford and adelaide crapsey, \the guarded wound\

Explanation:

Breve explicación:

El metro trocaico consta de feet (pies métricos) donde cada foot comienza con un sílaba tónica seguida de una sílaba átona. Analizando los versos dados, en el primer extracto "Thus created were the islands" se puede ver que empieza con "Thus" (tónico) seguido de "created" (átono) y así sucesivamente en los demás versos. Mientras que en el segundo extracto no sigue ese patrón.

Respuesta:

Thus created were the islands,
Rocks were fastened in the ocean,
Pillars of the sky were planted,
Fields and forests were created,
Checkered stones of many colors.

Answer:

Breve explicación:

El metro trocaico consta de feet (pies métricos) donde cada foot comienza con un sílaba tónica seguida de una sílaba átona. Analizando los versos dados, en el primer extracto "Thus created were the islands" se puede ver que empieza con "Thus" (tónico) seguido de "created" (átono) y así sucesivamente en los demás versos. Mientras que en el segundo extracto no sigue ese patrón.

Respuesta:

Thus created were the islands,
Rocks were fastened in the ocean,
Pillars of the sky were planted,
Fields and forests were created,
Checkered stones of many colors.