Question

Choose the answer.

Read the passage:



The golden brooch my mother wore

She left behind for me to wear;

I have no thing I treasure more:

Yet, it is something I could spare.



Which best determines the meter used in this passage?

iambic pentameter


iambic monometer


iambic tetrameter


trochaic dimeter

Answer 1

iambic pentameter i believe

Answer 2

The correct answer is iambic pentameter.

Step-by-step explanation:

A iambic pentameter is defined as a line of verse with five metrical feet, each of them with one short syllable (which is un unstressed) followed by a long syllable (which is stressed.) This structure can be seen in the poem, so it is the correct answer.