Question

Select all that apply.

Select the two-syllable feet In English poetry.
1-anapest
2-dactyl
3-Diamb
4-trochee

Answer 1

4-Trochee

Step-by-step explanation:

Trochee is a foot consisting of one long (or stressed) syllable followed by one short (or unstressed) syllable.

Examples: garden, tyger

Anapest is a three-syllable foot consisting of two short (unstressed) syllable followed by one long (stressed) syllable.

Examples: understand, engineer

Dactyl foot is reverse of anapest i.e. it has a long (stressed) syllable followed by two short (unstressed) syllables.

Examples: typical, elephant

Trochee is a two syllable foot consisting of one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable. Trochee is reverse of iamb.

Examples: meadow, ember