Read the lines of verse from “The Song of Hiawatha” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high, What type of meter do these lines of verse use?

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Read the lines of verse from “The Song of Hiawatha” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high, What type of meter do these lines of verse use?

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trochaic tetrameter... just had this question myse;f :) hope this helps

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Tetrameter and Trimeter is the correct answer.

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