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Read the following line of verse from a poem by Emily Dickinson.

A Swel/ -ling of/ the Ground—

What is it an example of?

A.
iambic pentameter

B.
iambic trimeter

C.
iambic tetrameter

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Answer:

iambic pentameter

Step-by-step explanation:

because

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The correct answer is iambic trimeter. There are three sets of stressed syllables.

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