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The line "Say that health and wealth have missed me" is an example of _____. iambic pentameter iambic tetrameter trochaic pentameter trochaic tetrameter

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Since there are 8 syllables in this line, that means that this is a 'tetrameter', meaning 4 meters. 1 meter = 2 syllables.
And since the sequence of accents is: first is the stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one, it means it is a 'trochee'.
So the answer is 'trochaic tetrameter'.
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