Question

Which statements describe iambic pentameter as it is used in Shakespearean sonnets? SELECT TWO OPTIONS

A.Each line contains five metrical feet.

B.A sonnet contains five rhyme schemes.

C.There are five lines in every metrical foot.

D.In two-word pairs, the second word is stressed.

E.In a group of two syllables, the second is stressed.

Answer 1

The answer is the first and last:

A, Each line contains five metrical feet.

E, In a group of two syllables, the second is stressed.

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Step-by-step explanation:

Iambic pentameter is a pattern in poetry that consists of five metrical feet per line, in which each foot consists of one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.

Answer 2

The answers are:

A. Each line contains five metrical feet.

E. In a group of two syllables, the second is stressed.

Widely used by William Shakespeare in his sonnets and plays, iambric pentameter is one of the most popular metric lines in English poetry. Each line consists of five syllables called "feet," one is unstressed and the following is stressed. Iambric pentameter lines usually contain lines of ten syllables.