Question

Use the chart above to determine the meter and line length of the word or phrase. Beside the sea and old grey dog iambic tetrameter iambic trimeter trochaic tetrameter

Answer 1

The phrase "Beside the sea an old grey dog" presents iambic tetrameter.

Iambic tetrameter consists of four iambic feet, each one with an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.

The stressed syllables are presented as follows (stresses syllables are in all capitals):

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

The phrase "Beside the sea an old grey dog" presents iambic tetrameter.

Iambic tetrameter consists of four iambic feet, each one with an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.

The stressed syllables are presented as follows (stresses syllables are in all capitals):

beSIDE the SEA an OLD grey DOG - da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM