Question

Identify the meter, if any, of each line of poetry.

"because their words had forked no lightning they"
Option 1: Iambic tetrameter
Option 2: Iambic pentameter
Option 3: No regular meter
Option 4: Trochaic tetramete

Answer 1

The meter of the given poetry lines are iambic tetrameter, iambic pentameter, and no regular meter.

Step-by-step explanation:

The meter of each line of the given poetry is as follows:

1. Iambic tetrameter
2. Iambic pentameter
3. No regular meter

The first line has four feet and is therefore in iambic tetrameter. The second line has five feet and is in iambic pentameter. The third line does not follow a regular meter.