Question

99 POINTS please help.
Match each excerpt to the meter in which it is written.

1.iambic trimeter

2.iambic pentameter

3.iambic tetrameter
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a.Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
(William Shakespeare, Sonnet 116)

b.She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
(Lord Byron, “She Walks in Beauty”)

c.Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
(Robert Frost, “Nothing Gold Can Stay”)

Answer 1

1 is B

2 is C

3 is A

hope this helps

Answer 2

The correct matching of the definitions with the lines of poetry is:

• 1.iambic trimeter-

b.She walks in beauty, like the night

Of cloudless climes and starry skies;

(Lord Byron, “She Walks in Beauty”)

• 2.iambic pentameter

c.Nature’s first green is gold,

Her hardest hue to hold.

(Robert Frost, “Nothing Gold Can Stay”)

• 3.iambic tetrameter

a.Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,

But bears it out even to the edge of doom.

(William Shakespeare, Sonnet 116)

What is Iambic Trimeter?

This refers to a way of writing poems in a metrical foot which consists of three iambic units per line.

Hence, we can see that both iambic trimeter, pentameter and tetrameter are used as they are three, five and five iambic units to which lines of poetry are arranged.

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