Question

Choose the correct words to complete the sentence.

One possible reason that the Revolutionary-era poets used _______ the meter was to imitate the _______ style.

For the first underlined box, the choices are:
A) Trochaic
B) Spondaic
C) Iambic
D) Anapestic

For the 2nd underlined box, the choices are:
A) Romantic
B) British
C) Classical
D) Dramatic

Answer 1

C). Iambic.

C). Classical.

Step-by-step explanation:

Revolutionary-era poets were heavily influenced by classical writers and their writing style. One of these influences includes the use of 'iambic' meter that involves a metrical foot in verse that consists of two syllables where an unstressed or short syllable is followed by a stressed or long syllable. The use of 'iambic' meter reflected their inspiration from the classical era. The revolutionary-era poets employed this meter to imitate the 'classical' writing style. Thus, option C is the correct answer for both the questions.

Answer 2

The correct answer to fill in the first blank is option C. Iambic meter was used by the Revolutionary-era poets. For the second blank, the correct answer is classical. The term "iamb" was originally used as a quantitative meter of classical poetry.