Question

Read the poem below and complete the instruction that follows.

“Porphyria’s Lover” by Robert Browning
The rain set early in to-night,
The sullen wind was soon awake,
It tore the elm-tops down for spite,
And did its worst to vex the lake: I listened with heart fit to break.
When glided in Porphyria; straight
She shut the cold out and the storm,
And kneeled and made the cheerless grate
Blaze up, and all the cottage warm;
Which done, she rose, and from her form.
Identify the metrical pattern.
A.) iambic with eight feet
B.) trochaic with four feet
C.) dactylic with eight feet
D.) iambic with four feet

Answer 1

D.) iambic with four feet

Step-by-step explanation:

"Porphyria's Lover" does not show the colloquialisms or argumentative markers of a part of Browning's later lyrics. Also, while the rhythm of the lyric copies normal discourse, it really appears as profoundly designed section, rhyming ABABB. The power and asymmetry of the example recommends the frenzy hid inside the speaker's contemplated self-introduction.

Answer 2

A metrical pattern is the one quality or element of the poem that having  a few line which violates that same pattern. So base on the poem you have given, the metrical pattern that is used in the poem is in letter D. iambic with four feet. I hope you are satisfied with my answer and feel free to ask for more