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what is the meter pattern in these lines from "On Imagination" by Phyllis Wheatley? a. trochaic tetrameter b. iambic pentameter

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a. Trochaic Tetrameter

The poem ¨On Imagination¨ is composed in trochaic tetrameter. ¨From Helicon´s refulgent heights attend¨ describes this rhyme scheme in the following form: /F-rom/Hel-icon´s/Refulgen-t Heights/A-ttend. Trochaic tetrameter includes four feet, with each one including one long and one abreviated accent.

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