Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

Batter my heart, three-person'd God; for you
As yet but knock; breathe, shine, and seek to mend; (lines 1–2)

What is the meter of lines 1–2?


u/ u/ u/ u/ u/
u/ u/ u/ u/ u/

u/ u/ u/ u/ //
u/ u/ u/ u/ //

/u u/ u/ u/ //
/u u/ u/ u/ u/

/u u/ u/ u/ u/
u/ u/ // u/ u/

Answer 1

/u u/ u/ u/ // /u u/ u/u/ //

Step-by-step explanation:

Meter is the rhythm structure that is based on a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a verse. Since the English language is very accentuated, this pattern is usually perceived by the sense of "beats & off-beats". We use u for unstressed and / for a stressed syllable.

Batter my heart = /u u/

Answer 2

Answer: /u u/ u/ u/ // /u u/ u/u/ //

Meter is the name of the rhythmic structure of a verse or a series of verses. Because English is an accentuated language, meter is determined by paying attention to the beats and offbeats, as opposed to long and short syllables such as those of classical systems. The most common type of meter in the English language is the iambic pentameter.