Question

Read the line of poetry and label it as either iambic, dactylic, trochaic, or anapestic. identify the ending of the line as feminine or masculine. dost thou know who made these a. anapestic b. dactylic c. trochaic d. iambic ending

Answer 1

The poetic line is in iambic meter with a masculine ending due to its alternating unstressed and stressed syllables, ending on a stressed note.

Step-by-step explanation:

The line of poetry provided, "dost thou know who made thee", is in iambic meter. This can be identified by the alternating unstressed and stressed syllables - daDUM daDUM daDUM daDUM. This pattern matches the definition of iambic meter, which contains an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable, sometimes equated to the sound of a heartbeat. As for the ending of the line, it is considered masculine because it ends on a stressed syllable. A feminine ending, in contrast, would end on an unstressed syllable.