read the following excerpt from the lamb by william blake. what meter does blake use in this poem? gave thee…

read the following excerpt from the lamb by william blake. what meter does blake use in this poem? gave thee clothing of delight. softest clothing wooly bright; a. iambic pentameter (the foot has an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. this pattern repeats five times in each line.) b. dactylic tetrameter (the foot has a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables. this pattern repeats four times in each line.) c. anapestic pentameter (the foot has two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable. this pattern repeats five times in each line.) d. trochaic tetrameter (the foot has a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. this pattern repeats four times in each line.)

read the following excerpt from the lamb by william blake. what meter does blake use in this poem? gave thee clothing of delight. softest clothing wooly bright; a. iambic pentameter (the foot has an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. this pattern repeats five times in each line.) b. dactylic tetrameter (the foot has a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables. this pattern repeats four times in each line.) c. anapestic pentameter (the foot has two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable. this pattern repeats five times in each line.) d. trochaic tetrameter (the foot has a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. this pattern repeats four times in each line.)

Answer

Brief Explanations:

Analyze the syllable - stress pattern in the lines. In "Gave thee clothing of delight", "Softest clothing wooly bright", the pattern is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (iamb), and this repeats four times in each line (tetrameter).

Answer:

D. trochaic tetrameter (The foot has a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. This pattern repeats four times in each line)