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5. And summer's lease hath all too short a date

"Sonnet 18," William Shakespeare
Which type of meter is used in this example?
A. Blank verse
B. Free verse
C. Iambic pentameter
D. Ballad

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Iambic pentameter. this is to further explain---"and sum/ mers lease/ hath all/ too short/ a date"

penta means 5, there for after you divde the sonnet up as its said youll see that there are only 5 "meters"
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