Question

select the correct answer. what is the meter pattern in these lines from \on imagination\ by phillis wheatley? imagination! who can sing thy force? or who describe the swiftness of thy course? a. trochaic tetrameter b. iambic pentameter c. spondaic hexameter d. anapestic pentameter e. iambic hexameter

Explanation:

Iambic meter has an unstressed - stressed syllable pattern. In the given lines, each foot has an unstressed - stressed pattern and there are five feet per line (pentameter). Trochaic has a stressed - unstressed pattern, spondaic has two stressed syllables per foot, anapestic has two unstressed followed by a stressed syllable. The lines follow the iambic pentameter pattern.

Answer:

B. iambic pentameter